Good news! We’ve made it easier for Texas Children’s Health Plan members to log in to the MyChart website. Now, you can access all your MyChart health care features anytime, anywhere using our new sign-in widget. Click the link to log in now
¡Buenas noticias! Hemos hecho más fácil el inicio de sesión en MyChart para nuestros miembros de Texas Children’s Health Plan. Ahora puedes acceder a todas las funciones de cuidado médico de MyChart en cualquier momento y desde cualquier lugar mediante nuestro nuevo widget de inicio de sesión. Haz clic en el enlace para iniciar sesión.
Important UpdateActualización 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!
Reminder: ECI Providers Are Not Required to Have Site Visits Conducted by the State Medicaid Agency
Date: March 31, 2025
Attention: ECI Providers
Call to action: A reminder that ECI providers are not required to have a Medicaid site visit conducted by the state Medicaid agency as part of the MCO provider credentialing process. This is because ECI providers are designated ‘limited’ risk. Only providers who are designated as ‘moderate’ or ‘high’ risk are required to have site visits. Therefore, ECI providers do not have to provide a site survey certificate. Federal site visit requirements can be found in 42 Code of Federal Regulations § 455.432.
What is ECI? Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) is a statewide program for children, birth to age three, with disabilities and developmental delays. To be eligible for ECI and receive ECI services from an ECI contractor, a child must have a medically diagnosed condition that has a high probability of resulting in developmental delay, an auditory or visual impairment, or a developmental delay.
Additional information on ECI Services and MCOs: MCOs like Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) must ensure members have access to ECI services, regardless of whether the MCO contracting process with the ECI providers is completed. In this case, MCO/TCHP must make arrangements to pay ECI providers an out-of-network (OON) rate until the contract(s) are in place. Additionally, MCOs/TCHP are required to reimburse OON providers when medically necessary covered services are not available through network providers. More information on ECI and OON requirements can be found in the Uniform Managed Care Manual (UMCM) 16.1.9.2, Out-of-Network Reimbursement for Early Childhood Intervention Services.
Next step for Providers: ECI Providers should share this communication with their staff.
