Healthy Texas Women Program Benefits

Date: October 2, 2024
Attention: Primary Care and Obstetric Care Providers

Call to action: Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to remind providers of the Healthy Texas Women (HTW) Program and the benefits available to their patients. The Healthy Texas Women program offers women's health and family planning services to eligible, low-income women as a transition from the Medicaid for Pregnant Women program coverage. The services help women plan their families, whether they want to achieve, postpone or prevent pregnancy. These services may also have a positive effect on future pregnancy planning and general health. Healthy Texas Women provides a wide variety of women’s health and core family planning services, including:

Pregnancy testing
Pelvic examinations
Sexually transmitted infection services
Breast and cervical cancer screenings
Clinical breast examination
Mammograms
Screening and treatment for cholesterol, diabetes and high blood pressure
HIV screening
Long-acting reversible contraceptives
Oral contraceptive pills
Permanent sterilization
Other contraceptive methods such as condoms, diaphragm, vaginal spermicide, and injections
Screening and treatment for postpartum depression

How this impacts providers: Providers Resources include the following:
HTW Benefits
HTW Eligibility Information
TMHP Healthy Texas Women
HTW Provider Resources
PEMS Instructions for HTW Certification and Attestation
Healthy Texas Women Drug Formulary
The Texas LARC Toolkit

Healthy Texas Women Program contact information:
Phone: 800-925-9126 (TMHP contact center, option 5)

Next step for Providers: Providers should encourage their patient’s enrollment in this program if they feel they would meet the eligibility requirements.

If you have any questions, please email Provider Relations at: providerrelations@texaschildrens.org.

For access to all provider alerts:https://www.texaschildrenshealthplan.org/providers/provider-news/provider-alerts.