Tag - hearing screening
15May

Provider Alert! End of COVID flexibilities: Provider Signatures for All Therapy Services and Hearing Screening for Speech Therapy

Date: May 15, 2023 Attention: All Providers Effective date: June 13, 2023 Call to action: Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to make providers aware of the end to some COVID flexibilities related to Utilization Management.  Background information: The Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) received notice that the COVID-19 federal public health emergency (PHE) declared on January 31, 2020, will end on May 11, 2023. In response to the PHE, TCHP implemented additional flexibilities during this time that will come to an...

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07Jan

Newborn Hearing Screening Requirement

A newborn hearing screening must be completed at the birthing facility. Automated auditory brainstem response (AABR) or transient evoke or distortion product otoacoustic emissions (OAE) may be performed. If an infant is not born in a birthing facility and is not admitted to a birthing facility, the infant must be referred to a facility that provides newborn hearing screening. Newborns who do not pass the initial screen must be rescreened a second time in the birthing facility before discharge. Screening Results Birthing facilities must...

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