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- 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
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
- Provider NewsFebruary 24, 2023
Nursing facility providers should attend this and all webinars with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation and DSHS.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 16, 2023
Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is accepting informal comments from stakeholders on the following proposed rule — Title 26 Chapter 553, Licensing Standards for Assisted Living Facilities.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 9, 2023
HHSC Long-term Care Regulation has retired the COVID-19 Response Plan for Nursing Facilities (NFs) and the NF Frequently Asked Questions document, effective Feb. 6, 2023.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 8, 2023
HHSC Publishes FAQs for ALF Providers
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 2, 2023
HHS reminds long-term care facilities and agencies to review and update emergency plans for freezing temperatures and snow.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 1, 2023
HHSC has updated Texas Medicaid Hospice Forms 3071 and 3074 to align with the Texas Medicaid Hospice Policy Program rules in TAC, Title 26, Chapter 266, effective July 2022.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers