Date: July 29, 2022Attention: All ProvidersEffective date: July 13, 2022Providers 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.
Call to action: Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to inform providers that on July 13, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for individuals 18 and older.
How this impacts providers: The Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) allows for pharmacy benefit coverage of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine in compliance with the EUA issued by the FDA. The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine is given as a two-dose primary series three weeks apart.
Effective July 13, 2022, HHSC will cover the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine NDCs in the table below for Medicaid and CHIP as a payable pharmacy benefit.