Community First is proud to offer high-quality health care coverage for individuals and families. We believe that everyone deserves access to the services and support needed to live a healthier life. We are proud to have touched the lives of over 3 million individuals since 1995.
Community First Health Plans was established in 1995 by University Health specifically to begin providing health care coverage to the citizens of Bexar and it’s seven surrounding counties.
At Community First, our mission is to not only improve the health outcomes of our Members, but also the overall health of our community. A portion of all Community First’s proceeds goes directly into improving the community we are a part of.
Your Patients’ Medicaid Coverage May Be Impacted by the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Continuous Medicaid Coverage May End Soon Your patients’ Medicaid coverage may be impacted by the end of the COVID-19 federal public health emergency (PHE). Medicaid...
Beginning Sept. 1, 2022, Texas Medicaid will designate one medication as the primary preferred direct-acting antiviral (DAA) drug option for treating Hepatitis C infection. HHSC will designate all other DAA drugs on the Medicaid formulary as non-preferred. All...
Effective for dates of service on or after August 31, 2022, in accordance with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Emergency Use Authorization, COVID-19 vaccine administration codes 0124A and 0134A are benefits of Medicaid and CHIP for the administration of the...
Who can be a CPW (Children and Pregnant Women) Provider? A Registered Nurse (RN) with an associate’s, bachelor’s, or advanced degree in nursing, whose license is not temporary or provisional in nature. The RN must attend and complete Health and Human Services...
EVV users of the current EVV vendor systems (DataLogic/Vesta or First Data/AuthentiCare) must complete visit maintenance on visit transactions before they lose access to their EVV vendor systems on December 22, 2023. Key Details: Program providers, financial...
Key Details: Texas Medicaid and CHIP do not cover vaccines or drugs that are not authorized or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). HHSC will not cover procedure codes related to the COVID-19 vaccine or drugs administration as non-risk payments...