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Good news! All CHIP, STAR, and STAR Kids Member Handbooks are now available online. Quick, easy access to your benefits and coverage information - any time!

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Update: OIG Provider Enrollment Delays

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February 2026 TMPPM Update for Colony Stimulating Factors

Date: January 22, 2026

Attention: All Providers

Effective date: February 1, 2026

Call to action: Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) informs providers that on February 1, 2026, the Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) will update the “Colony Stimulating Factors (Filgrastim and Pegfilgrastim)” section of the Texas Medicaid Provider Procedures Manual (TMPPM), Outpatient Drug Services Handbook to add efbemalenograstim alfa-vuxw (procedure code J9361), which is a granulocyte colony stimulating factor.

Procedure code J9361 is restricted to clients who are 18 years of age or older.

Next steps: Providers should 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: www.texaschildrenshealthplan.org/provideralerts.