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Provider Alert!
12Jan

Provider Alert! Update to Therapeutic Optometry Billing Services for CPT Code 65778

Date: January 12, 2023 Attention: Therapeutic Optometrists Effective: April 11, 2024 Call to action: Effective for dates of service on or after April 11, 2024, therapeutic optometrists are to bill with taxonomy code 152WV0400X (optometry vision therapy) when billing for placement of amniotic membrane on the ocular surface; without sutures, CPT code 65778. Next steps for providers: Providers should verify they are enrolled through Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) under the therapeutic optometry taxonomy with code 152WV0400X in order for claims to process...

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Provider Alert!
14Oct

Provider Alert! CPT Codes for Vision Testing Reminder

Date: October 12, 2022 Attention: All Providers Providers should monitor the Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) Provider Portal regularly for alerts and updates associated to the COVID-19 event. TCHP reserves the right to update and/or change this information without prior notice due to the evolving nature of the COVID-19 event. Call to action: The purpose of this communication is to remind providers about Texas Children’s Health Plan’s (TCHP) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for vision testing and medically necessary eye examinations. Vision...

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Provider Alert!
27Aug

Provider Alert! Vision Services-Nonsurgical Benefits to Change

Date: August 25, 2021 Attention: Optometrists and Ophthalmologists Effective Date: September 1, 2021 Providers should monitor the Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) Provider Portal regularly for alerts and updates associated to the COVID-19 event.  TCHP reserves the right to update and/or change this information without prior notice due to the evolving nature of the COVID-19 event. Call to action: Effective September 1, 2021, Texas Children’s Health Plan(TCHP) will implement the Vision Services benefit changes outlined in the TMHP Bulletin Vision Services-Nonsurgical Benefits to Change...

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Provider Alert!
19Jan

Provider Alert! Subject: Emergency Extensions for Optometry Provider License Renewals

Attention: Optometrists Effective Date: December 18, 2020 Providers should monitor the Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) Provider Portal regularly for alerts and updates associated to the COVID-19 event.  TCHP reserves the right to update and/or change this information without prior notice due to the evolving nature of the COVID-19 event.  Call to action: Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to inform network optometrists that due to the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency, effective December 18, 2020, the Texas Optometry Board has issued an emergency rule extending the...

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