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- Provider NewsApril 19, 2023
CMS rescinded memorandum QSO-20-31-ALL, the Enhanced Enforcement for Infection Control Deficiencies, and replaced it with memorandum QSO-23-10-NH, revised guidance for Strengthened Enhanced Enforcement for Infection Control Deficiencies.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 31, 2023
As part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) migration of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) submission and reporting functionality to their Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES), CMS will turn off the current Assessment Submission and Processing (ASAP) system’s ability to accept any MDS transmissions on April 13, 2023, at 8 p.m. ET.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 29, 2023
Long-term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following trainings hosted in April.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 28, 2023
Day activity and health services providers should attend this and all webinars with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 20, 2023
A recording of the March 8 nursing facility updates webinar with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation and the Department of State Health Services is now available.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 17, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has indicated that the blanket waiver, allowing temporary nurse aides to work for longer than four months without completing their Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program (NATCEP) or Competency Evaluation Program (CEP), will end May 11, 2023.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 15, 2023
Home and Community Support Services Agencies should attend this and all webinars with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 14, 2023
HHSC reviews Medicaid bed allocation and deallocates Medicaid beds from nursing facilities (NFs) who are not utilizing them at the level defined in 26 TAC §554.2322(j)(5).
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 10, 2023
Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is accepting comments from stakeholders on the following draft rules.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 9, 2023
The Texas Culture Change Coalition will host their in-person Spring 2023 conference titled, Texans Coming Together for Residents, for Staff, for All.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 8, 2023
Assisted living facility providers should attend this and all webinars with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 1, 2023
HHSC has become aware of a nation-wide scheme involving the sale of false and fraudulent nursing degree diplomas and transcripts from accredited Florida-based nursing schools, which were then used by individuals to obtain nursing licensure in various states.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 1, 2023
HHSC Long-term Care Regulation will be providing a one-day training event for Individualized Skills and Socialization Providers. This event will cover the licensing process, program rules, a review of the survey process and more.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 1, 2023
Long-term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following trainings hosted in March.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 27, 2023
Long-term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following trainings hosted in March.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers