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Provider Alert!

Provider Alert! Provider Portal Provides Instant Access to Claims and Member Information

Date: April 22, 2022  Attention: All Providers Providers should monitor the Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) Provider Portal regularly for alerts and updates associated with 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. TCHP will apply updates and reprocess impacted claims as soon as possible. However, please allow up to sixty (60) business days for reprocessing. Providers are not required to appeal claims unless denied...

Texas Children’s Health plan provider and member portals

As a Texas Children’s Health Plan provider, you have access to the Texas Children’s Health Plan provider portal, called TouCHPoint. This portal can be used to check member eligibility, benefits, primary care provider selection, and claims status. To access Provider TouCHPoint, just log on to TexasChildrensHealthPlan.org/for-providers and find the TouCHPoint log-in on the right-hand side of the web page. Texas Children’s Health Plan members can access their own portal at TexasChildrensHealthPlan.org/for-members. The Member Portal allows your patients to play an active...

Texas Children’s Health Plan Provider and Member Portals

As a Texas Children’s Health Plan provider, you have access to the Texas Children’s Health Plan provider portal, called TouCHPoint. This portal can be used to check member eligibility, benefits, primary care provider selection, and claims status. To access Provider TouCHPoint, just log on to TexasChildrensHealthPlan.org/for-providers and find the TouCHPoint log-in on the right-hand side of the web page. Texas Children’s Health Plan members can access their own portal at TexasChildrensHealthPlan.org/for-members. The Member Portal allows your patients to play an active...

Verify Eligibility Monthly

As a reminder, members who have STAR and STAR Kids may change their managed care plans monthly. Providers should routinely verify eligibility with Texas Children’s Health Plan for membership by visiting our Texas Children’s Health Plan Provider portal at www.tchp.us\providers. The Provider portal has the most current information specific to Texas Children’s Health Plan. If you have questions regarding the Provider portal, please contact Texas Children’s Health Plan Provider Relations at 800-731-8527.

Provider Portal Access and Use

Each provider office is assigned an office manager for the purpose of managing the Texas Children’s Health Plan Provider portal. The office manager role is to ensure new staff who need access are assigned the correct security role, as well as to remove any employee who no longer needs access. As a reminder, the responsibility for protecting the HIPAA information within the Texas Children’s Health Plan Provider portal is solely held by each office. Office managers who need assistance with adding...

Provider Alert! Upcoming Texas Children’s Health Plan Provider TouCHPoint portal changes allows providers to submit claims electronically

In the coming weeks, Texas Children’s Health Plan will make available batch claims submission via the Texas Children’s Health Plan Provider TouCHPoint portal. This will be a free service to providers and will accept batch claims as well as appeals with supporting documentation. Please watch for more information posted on TCHP Provider TouCHPoint.

Upcoming Texas Children’s Health Plan Provider TouCHPoint portal changes: Provider Attestation required

The Texas Children’s Health Plan Provider portal is changing. In order to be compliant with HHSC guidelines to confirm provider demographic information, the Texas Children’s Health Plan Provider portal will require a quarterly attestation of information by NPI number. If access to the secure portal has been blocked because of needed attestation, users will not be able to access the portal until an office administrator for the account attests the information on file. Only staff with office administrator-level access can provide...