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Important Update Actualización importante:

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!

¡Buenas noticias! Todos los manuales para miembros de CHIP, STAR y STAR Kids ya están disponibles en línea. Obtén acceso rápido y sencillo a la información sobre tus beneficios y cobertura, ¡en cualquier momento!

Medicaid Preferred Drug List and Formulary Changes Cambios en el formulario y la lista de medicamentos preferidos de Medicaid

The Vendor Drug Program (VDP) made changes to the Texas Medicaid drug formulary effective July 24, 2026. To learn more about formulary changes impacted, please click here for more information.

El programa de medicamentos de proveedores de Texas (VDP) ha realizado cambios recientes en el formulario de medicamentos de Medicaid de Texas. Esto entrará en vigencia el 24 de julio de 2026. Para obtener más información sobre los cambios en el formulario afectados, visite el siguiente enlace para obtener más información.

Clarification and TMPPM Update: CCP Therapists and Registered Nurses Must Enroll as Individuals

Date: July 1, 2025

Attention: Providers

Call to action: This communication is to offer clarification to a provider alert published earlier this year titled, Provider Enrollment and Management System (PEMS) Reminders available here, https://www.texaschildrenshealthplan.org/news/provider-alert/provider-enrollment-and-management-system-pems-reminders. Here is a link to the TMHP bulletin, Reminder: Certain Provider Types Must Enroll as an Individual | TMHP

How this impacts providers: Physical and occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, and registered nurses in the Comprehensive Care Program (CCP) must enroll as individuals. 

On July 1, 2025, the Texas Medicaid Provider Procedures Manual (TMPPM), “Section 1: Provider Enrollment and Responsibilities,” section 1.1.4, “Provider Enrollment Identification,” will be updated to add “CCP” to the following provider types:

  • Physical and occupational therapists
  • Registered nurses
  • Speech-language pathologists

Next step for Providers: Providers should share this communication with their staff and applicable providers and care givers in the CCP are advised to take action and enroll.

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

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