What is a Nursing Facility?
The Nursing Facility program provides institutional care to individuals whose medical condition regularly requires the skills of licensed nurses. Nursing facility services are available to individuals who are Medicaid recipients or who wish to private pay for their care. The nursing facility must provide for the needs of each client, including room and board, social services, over-the-counter medications, medical supplies and equipment, and personal needs items.
A skilled nursing facility is a special facility or part of a hospital that provides medically necessary professional services from nurses, physical and occupational therapists, speech pathologists and audiologists. Skilled nursing facilities provide round-the-clock assistance with healthcare and activities of daily living. Skilled nursing facilities are used for short-term rehabilitative stays after an individual is released from a hospital.
A Hospital-based SNF is located in a hospital and provides skilled nursing care and rehabilitation services for people who have been discharged from that hospital but who are unable to return home right away. They do not accept general admissions.
Provider Communications
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Table of NATCEPs Willing to Take on More Students (PDF)
COVID-19 Resources
Rules
FAQs
- Nursing Facility Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19 (PDF)
- COVID-19 Vaccination Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
- COVID-19 Vaccine Billing Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
- Nursing Facility CMS-Mandated COVID-19 Testing FAQs (PDF)
- Nursing Facility COVID-19 Testing Reimbursement FAQs (PDF)
- Nursing Facility COVID-19 Testing Frequently Asked Questions #2 (PDF)
- Nursing Facility COVID-19 Testing Frequently Asked Questions #1 (PDF)
- Omnicare POC Testing FAQs for Healthcare Professionals (PDF)
Guidance/Resources
- Guidance for LTC Facilities Experiencing Staffing Shortages Due to COVID-19 (PDF)
- Testing Flow Chart (PDF)
- Nursing Facility COVID-19 Response Plan Guidance (PDF)
- National Healthcare Safety Network Long Term Care Facility COVID-19 Module Enrollment (PDF)
- COVID-19 Vaccination Data Reporting Survey
- How to Request Monoclonal Antibodies (PDF)
- Long-term Care COVID-19 Vaccination Options (PDF)
- Infection Control Basics & PPE Training for Essential Caregivers (PDF)
- COVID-19 Vaccination-Pharmacy Partnership for Long-term Care (PDF)
- Proper N95 Respirator Use for Respiratory Protection Preparedness
- Helping Residents with Dementia Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in LTC Communities (PDF)
- Strategies to Mitigate Healthcare Personnel Staffing Shortages
- Medical Director’s Role in Nursing Facility Emergency Preparedness (PDF)
Joint Training
Webinars
- May 11, 2022 – NF Provider Updates and QA Webinar (PDF)
- March 9, 2022 – NF Provider Updates and QA Webinar (PDF)
- February 9, 2022 - NF Provider Updates and QA Webinar (PDF)
- January 12, 2022 - NF Provider Updates and QA Webinar (PDF)
- December 15, 2021 – Enhanced Barrier Precautions Webinar (PDF)
- December 8, 2021 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- November 10, 2021 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- October 13, 2021 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- September 8, 2021 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
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Directories and Licensure and Regulation Tags
- Directory of all Texas nursing facilities (Excel)
- Directory of all Texas nursing facilities (PDF)
- Directory of all Hospital-based Texas nursing facilities (Excel)
- Directory of all Hospital-based Texas nursing facilities (PDF)
- Federal Licensure Tags (PDF)
- Regulation Tags (PDF)