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The Minimum Data Set (MDS) 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.

Resources for Texas PACE program providers

CDS Program Handbooks and Forms

Training resources for CDS providers.

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

A list of CDS training presentations.

HHSC is hosting Electronic Visit Verification policy training webinars for program providers, financial management services agencies and Consumer Directed Services employers to complete the EVV policy training requirement.

Long-term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following webinars hosted in June.

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.

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

A recording of the May 10 TMHP LTC Town Hall for HCS/TxHmL Providers and FMSAs webinar is available for those who could not attend.

HHSC will be providing ongoing opportunities for CLASS and DBMD providers and FMSAs to hear about recent program updates.

Texas HHSC, along with The University of Texas Steve Hicks School of Social Work, will host the 2023 Quality in Long-Term Care Conference in person at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin on Aug. 22–23.

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