Tag - Therapy

Provider Alert!
22Mar

Provider Alert! UPDATED: Notification of CORF/ORF Reimbursement Policy

Date: March 22, 2024 Attention: Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (CORF) and Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (ORF) Providers Effective Date: June 1, 2024 Call to action: The purpose of this communication is to make providers aware of a new reimbursement policy for Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP), which outlines the billing requirements for Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (CORF) and Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (ORF) provider types. This policy applies to CHIP and Medicaid lines of business. This policy does not apply to ECI, Home Health, Individual...

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02Feb

Provider Alert! Update to Texas Medicaid and CHIP Coverage for Monoclonal Antibody Therapy Procedure Code Q0222 for the Treatment of COVID-19

Date: February 2, 2023 Attention: All Providers Effective date: August 15, 2022 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 August 15, 2022, payment allowance was added for COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody Therapy Q0222 Injection, Bebtelovimab, 175 mg claims. How this impacts providers: On November 30, 2022, the...

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Provider Alert!
18Oct

Provider Alert! Alinia (Nitazoxanide) Formulary Change

Date: October 18, 2021 Attention: All Providers Effective date: November 23, 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: The Texas Vendor Drug Program (VDP) will be removing Alinia Suspension and tablet from the list of covered products effective November 23rd 2021. Nitazoxanide tablets will...

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17Sep

Provider Alert! COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody Therapy Administration Codes: Additional Types and Place of Service

Date: November 1, 2021 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: September 9, 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: Texas Children’s Health Plan would like to inform network providers that Texas Medicaid has revoked the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of bamlanivimab effective April 30, 2021,...

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Provider Alert!
03Aug

Provider Alert! Therapy Prior Authorization Update

Date: July 29, 2021 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: August 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: Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to inform providers of updated TCHP prior authorization requirements for therapy services. How this impacts providers: Requests for acute therapy...

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Provider Alert!
23Jun

Provider Alert! Speech, Physical, and Occupational Therapy Prior Authorization Update

Date: June 23, 2021 Attention: Therapy and Primary Care Providers Effective Date: June 23, 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: Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to inform providers of updated TCHP prior authorization requirements. How this impacts providers: Effective June 23, 2021, the...

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Provider Alert!
08Jan

Provider Alert! Prior Authorization Re-certification Requests Submission for Texas Medicaid

Date: January 7, 2021 Attention: Therapy Providers Effective Date: October 1, 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) aligns with the guidance on prior authorization (PA) recertification requests. In compliance with House Bill 3041 of the 86th Texas Legislature,...

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Provider Alert!
26Sep

Provider Alert! Initial specialty therapy evaluations no longer require an authorization but do require current Texas Health Steps checkup or attestation

Date: September 19, 2019 Attention: All Providers Subject:  Amended:  Initial and Ongoing Specialty Therapy Treatment- Current Texas Health Steps Checkup or Attestation required Effective Date: September 19, 2019 Call to action: Initial specialty therapy (occupational, physical, speech therapy) evaluations do not require prior authorization effective September 1, 2019. However, a current Texas Health Steps checkup performed in the last 12 months or a current well checkup attestation is required for ongoing specialty therapy lasting for greater than 60 days. How this impacts...

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03Sep

Key Changes to TCHP Therapy Authorization Guidelines

When services were not prior authorized by Texas Children’s Health Plan, (through another MCO or TMHP) the authorization request must include: A copy of the previously approved authorization letter. All of the documentation that was sent in the original authorization request to the previous MCO or TMHP, including any physician orders that were used to determine the start of care. If the services requested do not meet TCHP criteria, the services will be honored for the shorter of 90 days or until expiration...

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Provider Alert!
06Feb

Provider Alert! Therapy Wait List

Subject:  Therapy Providers Effective 1/15/2018, HHSC formally required MCOs to report on access issues specific to all therapy modalities (PT, OT, ST). In the future, if Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) should receive a member complaint specific to access to care, TCHP will follow-up with each therapy provider. If a wait list is identified, each provider will be required to submit detailed information for each member waiting for care. The information will need to be populated in a specified template, and...

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