Provider Enrollment on the Portal Instructions
Important: You must be enrolled in Traditional Medicaid before enrolling in CSHCN or Texas Health Steps. Select "Add to an Existing Enrollment," then click "Apply Filters" if you would like instructions for adding CSHCN or Texas Health Steps to your existing enrollment.
Page Filters
These pages will guide you through each stage of the enrollment process using PEP. To customize this page's content, use the filters below and click the Apply Filters button.

Application Type:

Program(s):

Enrolling As:

Are you a School Health and Related Services (SHARS) Provider?

Are you a Hospital Provider?

Provider Type Specific

Instructions for Completing the Provider Type Specific page.

  • Select Private or Public for “Are you a private or public entity?”
  • If you are a dental services provider, you must select Private.
  • Public entities are owned or operated by city, state, county, or government agencies and instrumentalities. Public entities include agencies that perform intergovernmental transfers to the state or that certify and provide state-matching funds.
  • If you are a public entity that is required to certify expended funds, all of the fields must be completed.
  • Are you licensed as a Physician Assistant or a Nurse recognized as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)?
  • Section: Facilities Only
  • If you are enrolling as a facility, you must answer all of the Facilities Only questions.
  • This section will only appear if you checked facility as your applicant type on the Provider Type Identification Form.
  • Select “Yes” or “No” for “Is this a freestanding facility?” or “Is this a hospital-based facility?”
  • You cannot answer “No” to both questions.
  • Select “Yes” or “No” for “Is this an ESRD facility?”
    • Enter your composite rate in the field for “What is your composite rate?”
  • Section: School Health and Related Services (SHARS) Providers Only
  • If you are enrolling as a SHARS provider, you must answer all of the School Health and Related Services (SHARS) Providers Only questions.
  • This section will only appear if you checked SHARS as your provider type on the Provider Type Identification Form.
  • Select “Yes” or “No” for “Are you enrolling as a school district?”
    • Enter your school district’s six-digit TEA number.
  • Section: Public/ Non-Public Providers (Required by all providers)
  • If you are enrolling as a Public Provider, you must answer all of the Public/ Non-Public Providers (Required by all providers) questions.
  • This section will only appear if you are enrolling as a state-owned (public) provider
  • Section: Hospital Providers Only
  • If you are enrolling as a Hospital Provider, you must answer all of the Hospital Providers Only: questions.
  • Indicate the type of hospital facility
  • Provide the current number of beds.
  • Enter an answer in the field for “Have you increased your bed capacity by 10 percent or more or by 10 beds, whichever is greater, within the last two years?”
    • If yes, give year of change and prior beds.
  • Enter an answer into the field for “Do you have children's unit(s)?”
  • Click Continue and Save.
 
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