May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Date: May 1, 2025

Attention: All Providers

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, which is a time dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of mental health and emotional well-being. At Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP), we are committed to supporting our members’ whole health, recognizing that behavioral health is just as vital as physical health.

To support you in raising awareness within your practice, we’ve gathered a selection of helpful resources and CMEs.

Behavioral Health Resources
Texas Health and Human Services/Texas Health Steps CE/CME:

• Promoting Adolescent Health
• Behavioral Health: Screening and Intervention
• Promoting Postpartum Behavioral Health Screening
• High-Risk Behaviors in Young People
• Youth Suicide: Addressing Risks, Plans and Behaviors

Additional resources:

• Child Psychiatry Access Network
• Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium
• Texas Resilience and Recovery Utilization Management Guidelines: Adult Mental Health Services
• Texas Resilience and Recovery Utilization Management Guidelines: Child and Adolescent Services
• Provider Alert: New video, Mood Disorders in Primary Care
• Provider Alert: Psychosocial Care Interventions as First-Line Treatment for Children and Adolescents

To learn more, visit https://www.texaschildrenshealthplan.org/providers/provider-resources

TCHP Continuing Medical Education (CME) Mental Health Resources

To learn more and view the CMEs, visit https://www.texaschildrenshealthplan.org/providers/provider-events/cme-resources

• Recognizing Adolescents Struggling with Mental Health: During this course, providers will gain various tools and resources that will help recognize and analyze mental health struggles in adolescent patients, while also ensuring that they receive the best care.
• Paying Attention to ADHD: Diagnosis, Treatment & Resources: The objective of this CME is to cover diagnosis and treatment of ADHD, community support and resources, pharmacy navigation with the state formulary and the Child Psychiatry Access Network.

HEDIS Toolkits for Providers

TCHP is proud to offer Healthcare Effectiveness and Data Information Set (HEDIS) Toolkits that contain helpful information regarding the measure requirements, standards and codes to use that are acceptable for HEDIS reporting. These toolkits will serve as a reference form that can be used to code the type of appointments made and ensure that all of the HEDIS standards are met. By using these toolkits, providers can streamline their reporting processes, reduce administrative burden and continue to provide high quality care to our members.

• Follow-Up Care for Children Prescribed ADHD Medication (ADD-E)
• Follow-Up After Emergency Department Visit for Substance Use (FUA)
• Follow-Up After Hospitalization for Mental Illness (FUH)
• Follow-Up After Emergency Department Visit for Mental Illness (FUM)
• Metabolic Monitoring for Children and Adolescents on Antipsychotics (APM-E)
• Use of First-Line Psychosocial Care for Children and Adolescents on Antipsychotics (APP)

To view all HEDIS Toolkits, visit https://www.texaschildrenshealthplan.org/providers/provider-resources/hedis-toolkits.

Next steps: Providers are encouraged to share this communication with their staff.

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

For access to all provider alerts,log into:
www.texaschildrenshealthplan.org/provideralerts.