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- Provider NewsMarch 6, 2023
FEI Systems recently updated the content covered in the monthly CIMS Provider Demonstrations.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 3, 2023
HHSC has adopted rules in the Deaf-Blind with Multiple Disabilities (DBMD) Program, effective Feb. 26, 2023. The rules implement the federal Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) settings requirements and moved the DBMD Program rules from the Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Title 40, Social Services and Assistance to Title 26, Health and Human Services .
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 3, 2023
Medicaid and CHIP Services (MCS) is hosting monthly meetings for Providers and Financial Management Services Agencies (FMSAs) who use the Long-Term Care (LTC) Online Portal for the Home and Community-based Services (HCS) and Texas Home Living (TxHmL) waiver programs.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 1, 2023
HHSC has adopted rules in the Community Living Assistance and Support Services (CLASS) Program, effective Jan. 30, 2023.
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 21, 2023
This notice is to inform Financial Management Services Agencies (FMSAs) that Consumer Directed Services (CDS) Policy is working to correct a formula within the revised TxHmL Budget Workbook which may impact the budget calculations. CDS Policy will send a notice once the revisions have been completed.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 17, 2023
HHSC reminds HCS program providers that HHSC, with the assistance of Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP), is conducting on-site assessments of 3-person residences, 4-person residences, and Host Home/Companion Care (HH/CC) settings to ensure compliance with the federal HCBS Settings Rule.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 17, 2023
On Dec. 1, 2022, HHSC began issuing temporary licenses to Individualized Skills and Socialization Providers.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 14, 2023
Medicaid and CHIP Services (MCS) is hosting monthly meetings for Providers and Financial Management Services Agencies (FMSAs) who use the Long-term Care (LTC) Online Portal for the Home and Community-based Services (HCS) and Texas Home Living (TxHmL) waiver programs.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 13, 2023
HHSC Long-term Care Regulation will be providing a one-day, in-person training event for current and potential Individualized Skills and Socialization Providers on Monday, April 3. Training will take place in the Public Hearing Room at the John H. Winters Building in Austin, Texas.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 10, 2023
This training is for registered nurses, physical, occupational and speech therapists who collect OASIS data.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 8, 2023
This notice is to inform Financial Management Services Agencies (FMSAs) that the Texas Home Living (TxHmL) Budget Workbook has been updated to include payment rates for Individualized Skills and Socialization services under the Consumer Directed Services (CDS) option.
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