New Federal Enhanced Provider Relief Funds for Medicaid and CHIP Providers

Attention: All Providers

Effective Date: June 10, 2020

Providers should monitor the Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) Provider Portal regularly for alerts and updates associated to the COVID-19 event.  TCHP reserves the right to update and/or change this information without prior notice due to the evolving nature of the COVID-19 event. Call to action: Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to inform you of new federal Enhanced Provider Relief Funds for Medicaid and CHIP providers. Here are the details:

• Beginning June 10, eligible Medicaid and CHIP providers can apply to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Provider Relief Fund Payment Portal.
• To be eligible for this funding, health care providers must not have received payments from the $50 billion Provider Relief Fund General Distribution and either have directly billed their state Medicaid/CHIP programs or Medicaid managed care plans for healthcare-related services between January 1, 2018, to May 31, 2020.
• Health and Human Services (HHS) expects to distribute $15 Billion to Medicaid/CHIP providers that have not received a payment from the Provider Relief Fund General Allocation.
• DEADLINE IS JULY 20, 2020.

References:CARES Provider Relief Fund PortalEligibility and Application ProcessHHS AnnouncementCOVID resource webpage for physicians How this impacts providers: Funding distribution information is available here: CARES Act Provider Relief Fund: General Information and Medicaid Provider Distribution Instructions. Next steps for providers: Eligible providers should apply for the funding prior to the deadline of July 20, 2020. Medicaid Provider Distribution Application FormIf you have any questions, please email Provider Network Management at: providerrelations@texaschildrens.org.For access to all provider alerts,log into: www.thecheckup.org or www.texaschildrenshealthplan.org/for-providers.