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The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) Office of Area Agencies on Aging (OAAA) applies for grants funded by Administration for Community Living (ACL). These are the State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIP) and Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) grants. In Texas, SHIP is called the Health Information, Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP). Both grants serve Medicare beneficiaries in all 254 counties across Texas. The SHIP grant has existed since 1992 and the MIPPA grant was implemented in 2008 to support the SHIP efforts.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, Aging, Policy
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Texas Area Agencies on Aging procedural information.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, Policy, Aging
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Information about how to become an Assisted Living Facility (ALF) provider in Texas
Topics: Licensing and Credentialing, Long-term Care Providers
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Information about Texas Area Agencies on Aging Texas Benefits Counseling Program
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, Aging, Benefits
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Advance care planning means planning ahead for how you want to be treated if you are very ill or near death. This page provides information about that process for both providers and consumers.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, Aging
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Information about the licensing and regulation of nursing facilities (NFs) in Texas.
Topics: COVID-19, Licensing and Credentialing, Long-term Care Providers, Policy
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Information for Texas Emergency Response Services providers.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
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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.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, Policy, Reporting
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Information about the licensing and regulation of assisted living facilities (ALFs) in Texas.
Topics: COVID-19, Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsApril 26, 2024
Effective April 22, Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) program providers, financial management services agencies (FMSAs), and Consumer Direct Services (CDS) employers who use HHAeXchange as their EVV system may now perform visit maintenance processes for dates of service prior to their go-live date with HHAeXchange.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsApril 25, 2024
EVV policy does not require program providers and financial management services agencies (FMSAs) to enter schedules into the EVV system, however, each program has its own requirements related to schedules.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsApril 24, 2024
The Texas Department of Health and Human Services and the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing are pleased to announce a collaborative effort to improve long-term care in Texas.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsApril 18, 2024
HHSC Intellectual and Developmental Disability Services has published a memo to the local IDD authorities outlining their role after Long-term Care Regulation identifies a potential threat.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsApril 16, 2024
Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following in-person classes hosted in April, May and June
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsApril 12, 2024
HHSC has updated two lists of nursing facilities that have not met the initial conditions of participation for the Quality Incentive Payment Program state fiscal year (SFY) 2024 program year.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers