Provider Alert! Noninvasive Prenatal Screening Benefits to Change for Texas Medicaid July 1, 2023
Date: July 7, 2023 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: July 1, 2023 Call to action: Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to inform providers that effective July 1, 2023, noninvasive prenatal screening (NIPS) benefits will change for Texas Medicaid. How this impacts providers: Effective July 1, 2023, major changes to this medical benefit include the following: Updated benefit eligibility criteria Removed fee-for-service (FFS) prior authorization requirement NIPS is a benefit for members who have a confirmed intrauterine singleton pregnancy dated at least ten weeks gestation. Members...
