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STAR Kids Long-Term Services and Supports Billing Matrix Revisions
Date: April 14, 2022 Attention: All Providers Effective date: September 1, 2022Providers should monitor the Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) Provider Portal regularly for alerts and updates associated with 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.
TCHP will apply updates and reprocess impacted claims as soon as possible. However, please allow up to sixty (60) business days for reprocessing. Providers are not required to appeal claims unless denied for other reasons.
Providers should direct questions to their Provider Relations Liaison or send an email inquiry to the Provider Relations Department at providerrelations@texaschildrens.org.
Call to action: The purpose of this communication is to inform providers of the upcoming STAR Kids long-term services and supports (LTSS) billing matrix revisions effective for September 1, 2022.
Background information: In 2019, the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) was directed by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to update the LTSS billing matrices to comply with the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) by changing community-based LTSS billing in STAR Kids and STAR+PLUS from one hour to 15-minute billing units.
To review the matrix:
STAR Kids Appendix III Billing Matrix FINAL
How this impacts providers: Overall changes to the STAR Kids Billing Matrix includes the following:
- Removed CPT Codes
- Modifiers Defined in a legend and Updated
- Service Descriptions Updated
- Units verified with HPCP and updated
- Added Modifier U6 to all state plan services to designate a Medically Dependent Children Program (MDCP) member