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The Minimum Data Set is a standardized collection of demographic and clinical information that describes a person's overall condition. All licensed nursing facilities in Texas are required to submit MDS assessments for all residents admitted into their facility. The current version is MDS 3.0.

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following in-person classes hosted in September.

The OASIS trainings are for registered nurses, physical, occupational and speech therapists who collect OASIS Data.

HHSC Long-term Care Regulation updated the Medication Aide (MA), Nursing Facility Administrator (NFA), and Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program (NATCEP) websites to include new webpages that provide detailed steps and process maps for how to become an MA, NFA or NATCEP.

HHSC will host a Minimum Data Set (MDS) webinar and provide an overview of clinical information.

Nursing facility Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) coordinators new to the Minimum Data Set (MDS), or anyone wanting to know a high-level overview about the RAI process and MDS, can register for the Texas MDS Basics webinar.

These trainings are for registered nurses, physical, occupational and speech therapists who collect OASIS Data.

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

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following in-person classes hosted in August.

Medicaid and CHIP Services (MCS) will be hosting monthly sessions for Program 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.

On Friday, July 19, due to the CrowdStrike Global IT issue, you may have experienced issues using your Electronic Visit Verification system to clock in and clock out when providing services requiring EVV.

The OASIS for 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.

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following in-person classes hosted in July.

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

HHSC Long-term Care Regulation will host a webinar for Home and Community Support Services Agency providers on July 25 from 10–11 a.m.