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Listing of handbooks and forms for nursing facility providers in Texas

Information on how to become a licensed Nursing Facility provider in Texas.

The term "negotiated rulemaking" specifies a particular process to be used to draft a proposed rule. This process provides for a group of 12-15 stakeholders who represent differing interests affected by the proposed rule to negotiate and potentially reach agreement on a proposed rule.

HHSC is mandated to create and provide nursing facilities with one of the posters required by Texas Administrative Code, Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 554, §554.1921(e), the notice of how to file a complaint, giving the toll-free telephone number. This page provides information on how to obtain these posters.

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

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.

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following webinar trainings hosted in December.

The administrators training course is for administrators and alternate administrators employed at Medicare certified home health agencies and licensed home health agencies seeking Medicare certification, and it covers the Home Health regulatory part of OASIS.

Nursing facility providers should attend this and all webinars with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation and the Department of State Health Services.

HHAeXchange is offering additional training sessions for EVV program providers, financial management services agencies (FMSAs), CDS employers and CDS employees.

This is a reminder that Electronic Visit Verification claims matching for all services required to use EVV will begin on Jan. 1, 2024.

Electronic Visit Verification claims matching for home health care services will begin on Jan. 1, 2024. EVV claims with dates of service of Jan. 1, 2024, and after do not have an EVV visit match will be denied.

HHSC has published a new nursing facility Change of Ownership Report that provides a breakdown of licensing and contracting processing times, and the average time for licensing to complete an initial review.

HHSC will require Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) for Medicaid home health care services (HHCS) beginning Jan. 1, 2024, as listed in the Home Health Care Services required to use EVV (PDF).