Sep 2, 2022 | Medicaid Providers, Provider News, Provider Resource
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...
Oct 7, 2022 | Medicaid Providers, Provider News, Provider Resource
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...
Oct 5, 2022 | Community First Providers, Medicaid Providers, Provider Resource
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...
Oct 2, 2023 | Community First Providers, EVV News, HHSC News, Medicaid Providers, Provider News, Provider Resource
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...
Oct 2, 2023 | Community First Providers, HHSC News, Medicaid Providers, Provider News, Provider Resource
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...
Mar 14, 2023 | Community First Providers, Medicaid Providers, Provider Resource
Your patients’ Medicaid coverage may be impacted by the end of continuous Medicaid coverage. Medicaid clients should ensure their information with the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is accurate, so they get important updates about their coverage. HHSC...
