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Information for Consumer Directed Services (CDS) providers in Texas.

Information about how the CDS program works in Texas.

Information about how to become a CDS provider in Texas.

A list of CDS training presentations.

Training resources for CDS providers.

Information about the licensing and regulation of nursing facilities (NFs) in Texas.

Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) is a computer-based system that verifies the occurrence of authorized personal attendant service visits by electronically documenting the precise time a service delivery visit begins and ends. Texas requires EVV for certain Medicaid funded home and community-based services provided through HHSC and MCOs.

CDS Program Handbooks and Forms

Consumer Directed Services (CDS) Webinar recordings and presentation documents.

The Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership has identified an issue affecting Resource Utilization Group score calculations for long-term care nursing facilities.

Effective Aug. 1, 2023, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and managed care organizations will no longer conduct EVV compliance reviews for required free text.

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and Nursing Home program providers are invited to attend the new in-person class, “The Survey and Enforcement Process for Nursing Homes,” starting in January.

Program providers and financial management services agencies (FMSAs) who are using an Application Programming Interface (API) to integrate their third-party EVV vendor system with the HHAeXchange system must ensure they are properly using both systems when capturing and submitting EVV claims.

The questions and answers document and the webinar recording from the Sept. 14, 2023, FMSA Quarterly Webinar have been posted.