Provider Alert! Subject: Unclassified Medical Drugs Prior Authorization Requirement
Date: May 8, 2023 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: June 8, 2023 Call to action: Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to inform providers that effective June 8 2023, medical claims under $5,000 submitted to TCHP with unclassified Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code J3490 will no longer require a pre-service (prior authorization) request as claims above this cost will be subject to clinical necessity review by the pharmacy team. This dollar limit does not apply to other unclassified codes J9999, J3590,...
