TMA’S HARD HATS FOR LITTLE HEADS PROGRAM
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• Lack of face-to-face patient inter- action.
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TMA’s Health Information Technol- ogy Department by emailing HIT@
texmed.org or calling (800) 880-5720.
Texas Medicaid improves access to LARCs
TEXAS MEDICAID now allows wom- en to obtain intrauterine devices or implantable contraceptives, collec- tively known as long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs), immediately postpartum. For the past two years, TMA and other physician specialty societies have advocated strongly for the change as a means to increase women’s access to the most effective forms of contraceptives. Studies show rates of unintended
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pregnancies drop as women’s access to LARCs increases. Under the new payment policy, hospitals will bill Tex- asMedicaid or the patient’sHMOfor the device, while physicians will bill for the insertion. For details about the billing changes, visit tma.tips/LARC payment, or consult Medicaid HMO provider manuals. Women who opt not to obtain a
Hard Hats for Little Heads is supported in 2016 through a TMA Foundation grant thanks to top donors — Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, an anonymous physician and spouse, TMAF Make-A-Difference donors, and the Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio — and generous gifts from TMA and TMA Alliance members, and friends of medicine.
LARC immediately postpartum but who subsequently seek this form of contraception can obtain a LARC dur- ing theMedicaid 60-day postpartum period. The Texas Women’s Health Program (TWHP) provides coverage for LARCs. Beginning in July 2016, Texas Medicaid will automatically enroll intoTWHPthosewomen aged 18 to 44 who lose pregnancy-relat- ed Medicaid coverage. The change, which will coincide with renaming TWHP the Healthy Texas Women program, is another TMA-backed measure designed to improve wom- en’s health care. For more information, read “Playing Catch-Up” in the April 2016 issue of Texas Medicine (www
.texmed.org/PlayingCatchUp). n
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