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Medicaid Medical and Dental Draft Policies Available for Public Comment

Texas HHSC has opened the following draft policies for public comment:


* THSteps Preventive Care Medical Checkups [ [link removed] ]
* Public comment will be accepted until 5 p.m. on Aug. 2.

* Wound Care Management Services [ [link removed] ]
* Public comment will be accepted until 5 p.m. on Aug. 2.

*House Bill (HB) 4 Telecommunications*

In alignment with HB 4 (87th Legislative Session, 2021), HHSC has developed draft policy changes to allow covered services via telemedicine, telehealth and audio-only delivery if clinically appropriate and cost effective. To learn more about implementation of HB 4 and the analysis framework, visit the MCS Teleservices webpage [ [link removed] ].

Telemedicine and Telehealth Definitions [ [link removed] ] includes a list of telemedicine and telehealth definitions that will be forthcoming in an update to the Telecommunication Services Handbook policy.

*Case Management for Children and Pregnant Women (CPW)*


* CPW policy [ [link removed] ]
* Public comment will be accepted until 5 p.m. on Aug. 2.

*Medical and Nursing Specialist, Physicians and Physician Assistants Handbook*


* Physician Evaluation and Management (E/M) Services policy

*School Health and Related Services (SHARS) Handbook*


* SHARS policy [ [link removed] ]
* Public comment will be accepted until 5 p.m. on July 28.

These policies are posted on the Medicaid Medical and Dental Policy webpage [ [link removed] ].

Email questions to the MCD Medical Benefits Policy Comment inbox <[email protected]>.

 









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