COVID-19 Vaccine and Vaccine Administration Medicaid and CHIP Updates

Date: August 16, 2024

Attention: Home Health Providers

Effective date: October 1, 2024

Call to action: Texas Children Health Plan (TCHP) would like to inform providers that effective for dates of service on or after October 1, 2024, some COVID-19 vaccine and vaccine administration procedure code benefits will change for Texas Medicaid and CHIP. These changes reflect the ending of certain American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 healthcare coverage provisions on September 30, 2024.

How this impacts providers: The following COVID-19 vaccine and administration procedure codes will no longer be reimbursed to home health agency providers:

Next step for Providers: 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.thecheckup.org or www.texaschildrenshealthplan.org/for-providers.