Reminder about the Importance of Adulthood Yearly Wellness Visits

Date: June 9, 2025

Attention: Obstetric Care Providers and Primary Care Providers

Call to action: The purpose of this communication is to serve as a reminder about the importance of yearly wellness visits for young adults. Recommended topics for discussion during the visit include the following:

• Medical/physical examinations, vaccinations, and testing.
• Sexual health, screenings and prevention.
• Transitioning into adult care.
• Managing mental health issues.
• Healthy lifestyle behaviors.

Resources: Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) has resources to assist with the conversation parents have with their teen on sexual health, even prior to them becoming sexually active.

• Providers should refer applicable patients to our Young Adult landing page available here, www.texaschildrenshealthplan.org/youngadult for more information on transitioning to adulthood, wellness visits, sexual health, mental wellness, our Value-Added Services program, and other topics affecting the 16-21 year old population.
• TCHP invites you to watch a video, Empowering Teen Health Journey, on the prevention, screening and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), available in both:
  • English
  • Spanish

Next step for providers: Should STI testing occur, as a reminder, providers must report positive chlamydia results to the state of Texas. For information regarding Texas’ STD Reporting Requirements, go to https://www.dshs.texas.gov/hivstd/reporting.

TCHP invites you to watch a presentation on Promoting Women’s Health available here .

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

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