Clinical Prior Authorization for Xenical No Longer Required After September 12, 2022
Date: August 19, 2022Attention: All Providers Subject: Clinical Prior Authorization for Xenical No Longer Required After September 12, 2022Effective Date: September 12, 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 beginning September 12, 2022, the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) will retire the Xenical (Orlistat) prior authorization forms.
How this impacts providers: Medicaid covers Xenical (Orlistat) for the indication of obesity management and is not dependent on a hyperlipidemia condition. HHSC will retire the following Xenical (Orlistat) clinical prior authorization requests: