2022 News Archive
Alerts
- 12/30/2022 Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) in Texas Medicaid Computer-Based Training (CBT)
- 12/29/2022 2023 Holiday Schedule Reminder
- 12/27/2022 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) Medicaid Emergency Disaster Plan
- 12/22/2022 Updates to Texas Health and Human Commission (HHSC) Policy Flexibility for Member Appeals Ending March 31, 2023
- 12/21/2022 Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) Provider Attestation Form Effective January 1, 2023
- 12/21/2022 Updates Long-Term Care Online Portal (LTCOP) Corrections with STAR Kids Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Billing Matrix
- 12/19/2022 Texas Health Steps (THSteps) and Well-Checkups Preventive Care Screening Tools
- 12/19/2022 Infant and Early Childhood Developmental Surveillance and Screening Components of the Texas Health Steps Checkup and Well-Checkup
- 12/19/2022 Updates to the Texas Medicaid Provider Website
- 12/19/2022 Texas Health and Human Commission (HHSC) Policy Flexibility for Member Appeals Ending Jan. 31, 2023
- 12/19/2022 Prior Authorization Update for Amvuttra (J0225) Effective Feb. 1, 2023
- 12/19/2022 Updates to Health Texas Women (HTW) and Healthy Texas Women Plus (HTW Plus)
- 12/13/2022 Texas Health Steps (THSteps) Informational Flyer
- 12/09/2022 Updates to STAR Kids Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Billing Update
- 12/08/2022 ALERT: BCBSTX Reprocessing Claims for Recoupment for Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Nurse Specialists
- 12/08/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Claims for Telephone Medical Services (Audio Only)
- 12/08/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Office Visit Co-Payments Reimbursement Process for Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
- 12/08/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Healthy Texas Women (HTW) for Telemedicine (Physician Delivered) and Telephone Medical Services (Audio Only)
- 12/6/2022 Texas Medicaid Claims Editing Enhancements Effective March 6, 2023
- 12/5/2022 Alert: Reminder to Encourage Medicaid Members to Renew Coverage
- 11/30/2022 Update to Prior Authorization Codes for Medicaid Members, Effective January 1, 2023
- 11/29/2022 Reminder: Cures Act Home Health Care Services- EVV Services Updates and Service Bill Codes Table Now Available
- 11/23/22 Reminder: Update Your Demographic Information
- 11/18/2022 Webinar: BCBSTX Utilization Management (UM) Provider Training Nov. 30, 2022 at 11 a.m.
- 11/18/2022 BCBSTX HEDIS® MY2022
- 11/18/2022 How Providers Can Improve Patient Satisfaction Scores
- 11/15/2022 Reminder: Change to Signature Requirements for Home Health Services (Medicaid)
- 11/09/2022 Webinar: BCBSTX Children and Pregnant Women (CPW) Provider Training Nov. 16, 2022 at 9:00 a.m.
- 11/09/2022 No Copayments for CHIP COVID-19 Services and Provider Attestation Forms
- 11/09/2022 STAR Kids Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Billing Update
- 11/03/2022 Indices Helps Compliance with Texas Health Steps (THSteps) and Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) Measures
- 11/03/2022 Reminder: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) Appointment Accessibility Standards
- 11/03/2022 - Webinar: BCBSTX Indices - Value Based Program Insights (VBPI) Nov. 8, 2022 at 1:00 p.m.
- 11/03/2022 Webinar: BCBSTX Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) Provider
- 11/01/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Claims for Telephone Medical Services (Audio Only)
- 11/01/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Office Visit Co-Payments Reimbursement Process for Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
- 11/01/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Healthy Texas Women (HTW) for Telemedicine (Physician Delivered) and Telephone Medical Services (Audio Only)
- 10/28/2022 Delivering Quality Care- Blood Pressure Screening
- 10/28/2022 Delivering Quality Care- Managing Diabetes
- 10/27/2022 Update to Prior Authorization Codes for Medicaid Members, Effective January 1, 2023
- 10/24/2022 Reminder: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) Service Coordination Provider Webinar
- 10/21/2022 Webinar: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) Indices Training
- 10/20/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Claims for Telephone Medical Services (Audio Only)
- 10/20/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Office Visit Co-Payments Reimbursement Process for Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
- 10/17/2022 REMINDER: Texas Medicaid Members Cannot Be Billed for Covered Services
- 10/13/2022 REMINDER: Training for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) Provider Orientation
- 10/05/2022 Update to Prior Authorization Codes for Medicaid Members, Effective Jan. 1, 2023
- 10/05/2022 Prior Authorization Update for Zolgensma (J3399) Effective November 1, 2022
- 09/30/2022 REMINDER: Training for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) Claims Billing Provider
- 09/28/2022 Influenza (FLU) Season 2022-2023
- 09/28/2022 Antidepressant Medication Adherence (AMM) Medicaid
- 09/27/2022 UPDATE: COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Codes 0041A and 0042A Age Changed to 12 Years and Older
- 09/27/2022 UPDATE: Kate Farms Voluntary Formula Recall Expanded
- 09/27/2022 Medicaid and CHIP Fee-for-Service (FFS) for Telehealth and Telemedicine Updates Effective Sept. 1, 2022
- 09/23/2022 ALERT: Upcoming Provider Training Sessions
- 09/20/2022 COVID-19 Procedure Codes Added to Healthcare Common Procedure Coding Systems (HCPCS) for Texas Medicaid
- 09/20/2022 Notice of Payment Change for Prescribed Extended Care Centers (PPECC) Service Providers
- 09/15/2022 Case Management for Children and Pregnant Women (CPW) Carve-In and Provider Professional Liability Insurance
- 08/31/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Claims for Telephone Medical Services (Audio Only)
- 08/31/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Office Visit Co-Payments Reimbursement Process for Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
- 08/30/2022 Katy Farms Voluntary Formula Recall
- 08/30/2022 COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Codes 0041A and 0042A Are Now Benefits for Medicaid and CHIP
- 08/24/2022 Addressing Disparities in STAR Kids Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Children/Adolescents
- 08/24/2022 Quality Management Member Outreach for Closing Care Gaps
- 08/24/2022 Primary Care Physician Signatures Requirements for Private Duty Nurse
- 08/24/2022 Approved Provider Types for Teleservices
- 08/19/2022 COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Codes 0081A, 0082A, 0083A, 0111A, 0112A, 0113A, Are Now Benefits for Medicaid and CHIP
- 08/19/2022 COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Codes 0091A, 0092A, 0093A, Are Now Benefits for Medicaid and CHIP
- 08/19/2022 Reminder: Webinar for Texas Health Steps (THSteps) Provider Trainings 08/23/2022
- 08/19/2022 Texas Medicaid Claims Editing Enhancements Effective November 25, 2022
- 08/16/2022 Revised Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Policy Handbook by September 1, 2022
- 08/10/2022 Provider Enrollment and Management Systems (PEMS)
- 08/04/2022 Alert: Case Management for Children and Pregnant Women (CPW) Effective 9/1/2022
- 08/04/2022 Code T1015 Modifiers for Texas Medicaid Indian Health Care Providers (IHCPs)
- 07/26/2022 The Most Common Causes for Maternal/Fetal Morbidity
- 07/26/2022 Perinatal Social Determinants of Health (SDoH)
- 07/26/2022 Reminder: Federal Entitlement to Medicaid and Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) Services
- 07/26/2022 COVID-19 Moderna Vaccine Administration Codes 0011A, 0012A, and 0013A for Ages 12 and Older
- 07/25/2022 Texas Medicaid Claims Editing Enhancements Effective October 25, 2022
- 07/25/2022 Updates to STAR Kids Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Billing Matrix for December 1, 2022
- 07/13/2022 Update to Prior Authorization Codes for Medicaid Members, Effective Oct. 1, 2022
- 07/11/2022 STAR Kids: Update Provider Information and Rate Tables for Bonus Payments
- 07/08/2022 Updates to Age Restriction for Procedure Code 90619
- 07/08/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Claims for Telephone Medical Services (Audio Only)
- 07/08/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Office Visit Co-Payments Reimbursement Process for Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
- 07/07/2022 Alert: Directed Payment Program (DDP) COVID-19 Related Claims Recoupment
- 07/07/2022 Telehealth New Place of Service (POS) Code (10) Available January 1, 2022
- 06/22/2022 Alert: Behavioral Service Coordination managed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) Medicaid Effective June 27, 2022
- 06/21/2022 The Components of Immunization for Adolescents (IMA) and the Importance of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination
- 06/21/2022 The Importance of Childhood Immunizations (CIS)
- 06/17/2022 COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Codes 0074A Benefit for Medicaid
- 06/17/2022 COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Codes 0094A Benefit for Medicaid
- 06/09/2022 STAR Kids: Provider Information and Rate Tables for Bonus Payment
- 06/01/2022 Effective June 1, 2022: Collaborative Care Model is a New Medicaid Benefit
- 06/01/2022 Effective June 2022: Texas Medicaid Provider Procedures Manual (TMPPM) Updates for Outpatient Drug Services Handbook
- 06/01/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Claims for Telephone Medical Services (Audio Only)
- 06/01/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Office Visit Co-Payments Reimbursement Process for Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
- 05/31/2022 Revised Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Policy Handbook by June 1, 2022
- 05/20/2022 The Importance of Cervical Cancer Screening (CCS) - Medicaid
- 05/20/2022 The Importance of Breast Cancer Screening (BCS) - Medicaid
- 05/20/2022 Effective June 1, 2022: E0986 is a Texas Medicaid Benefit
- 05/20/2022 COVID-19 Vaccine Informational Code Q0221 a Benefit for Medicaid
- 05/19/2022 Provider Alert: Reminder to Encourage Medicaid Members to Renew Coverage
- 05/19/2022 Federal Public Health Emergency Updates for 2022
- 05/17/2022 Additional Update to Prior Authorization Codes for Medicaid Members, Effective July 1
- 05/17/2022 Webinar: Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Provider Training -FMSA and Claims Rejection 05/25/2022
- 05/06/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Office Visit Co-Payments Reimbursement Process for Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
- 05/06/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: THSteps Remote Delivery of Medical Checkups
- 05/06/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Claims for Telephone Medical Services (Audio Only)
- 05/05/2022 STAR Kids Appendix III Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Billing Matrix Update for April 2022
- 04/26/2022 Supporting Mental Health - Medicaid
- 04/26/2022 Texas Health Steps (THSteps), Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) and Bright Futures Required Components
- 04/25/2022 Texas Medicaid Claims Editing Enhancements Effective July 26, 2022
- 04/20/2022 Update to Prior Authorization Codes for Medicaid Members, Effective July 1, 2022
- 04/20/2022 Webinar: Electronic Visits Verifications (EVV) Provider Trainings 04/27/2022
- 04/15/2022 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) Disease Management for Medicaid
- 04/13/2022 COVID-19: New ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes Updates for Texas Medicaid Effective 04/01/2022
- 04/05/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Office Visit Co-Payments Reimbursement Process for Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
- 04/05/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: THSteps Remote Delivery of Medical Checkups
- 04/05/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) Telemedicine/Telehealth Reimbursement
- 04/05/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Claims for Telephone Medical Services (Audio Only)
- 03/30/2022 Do You Know Your BCBSTX Medicaid Provider Representative?
- 03/28/2022 Improving the Care of Patients with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- 03/28/2022 New Procedure Codes for Self-Measure Blood Pressure Monitoring
- 03/24/2022 COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Codes 0051A, 0052A, 0053A, and 0054A for Medicaid and CHIP
- 03/24/2022 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Shared Best Practices for Texas Health Steps (THSteps)
- 03/17/2022 Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) Provider FAQ
- 03/15/2022 Update to Prior Authorization Codes for Medicaid Members Effective 04/01/2022
- 03/15/2022 Changes to Provider Demographic Updates
- 03/15/2022 Independent Review Organization (IRO) and External Medical Review (EMR) Provider Training
- 03/15/2022 Abbott Recall of Certain Powdered Formulas
- 03/15/2022 Effective April 1, 2022: Dupixent Benefits Medicaid and CHIP
- 03/14/2022 Member Over-the-Counter COVID-19 Tests
- 03/04/2022 New Episodes of Medicaid Simplified: A Podcast for Texas Medicaid Providers
- 02/28/2022 Low Pre-Adolescent Vaccine Rates: Best Practices for Promoting Vaccines for STAR Kids
- 02/28/2022 Reporting Quality of Care Concerns
- 02/25/2022 Free eLearning: Maternal Health Training for Providers maternal-health-training-providers
- 02/25/2022 Interim Guidance for Synchronous Audiovisual Physical, Occupational, Speech Therapy Services
- 02/25/2022 COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Codes M0220 and M0221 Benefits for Medicaid
- 02/24/2022 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCSTX) Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Provider Training
- 02/23/2022 Revised Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Policy Handbook by March 1, 2022
- 02/21/2022 COVID-19 Effective Jan. 21, 2022: Veklury (Remdesivir) is a Texas Medicaid Benefit
- 02/21/2022 Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Survey Now Available
- 02/21/2022 Medicaid and CHIP Requirements for Current Telehealth and Telemedicine
- 02/01/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Office Visit Co-Payments Reimbursement Process for Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
- 02/01/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Claims for Telephone Medical Services (Audio Only) – Texas Medicaid
- 02/01/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Rural Health Clinics (RHC) and Telehealth/Telemedicine – Texas Medicaid
- 02/01/2022 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) Medicaid Supplemental Data Sets (SDS)
- 02/01/2022 Common Errors in Texas Health Steps (THSteps) Preventative Exams
- 02/01/2022 COVID-19: THSteps Remote Delivery of Medical Checkups
- 01/27/2022 Effective 2/1/2022 Applied Behavior Analysis Service
- 01/27/2022 Applied Behavioral Analysis for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- 01/27/2022 Claim Editing Enhancements Coming Feb. 23
- 01/27/2022 Availity Provider Learning Opportunities
- 01/12/2022 New Look Ahead for Provider Website
- 01/10/2022 Alert: Reminder to Encourage Medicaid Members to Renew Coverage
- 01/03/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Office Visit Co-Payments Reimbursement Process for Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
- 01/03/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: THSteps Remote Delivery of Medical Checkups
- 01/03/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) Telemedicine/Telehealth Reimbursement
- 01/03/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Claims for Telephone Medical Services (Audio Only)
- 01/03/2022 UPDATED COVID-19: Physical, Occupational, Speech Therapy Groups Accessing Telehealth Services
