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Trainings on the Outcome Assessment Information Set will be offered throughout December.

Medicaid and CHIP Services will be hosting monthly sessions for Program Providers and Financial Management Services Agencies, who use the Long-term Care online portal for the Home and Community-based Services and Texas Home Living waiver programs.

To enhance program integrity, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission is reducing the use of alternative devices as an approved method to clock in and clock out of for Electronic Visit Verification required services.

HHSC will host the Financial Management Services Agencies quarterly webinar on Nov. 22, 2024.

HHSC rescinded PL 2024-20 Requirements for Tuberculosis Screening and Testing. Additional guidance regarding tuberculosis screening and testing will be forthcoming.

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

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

The Texas Culture Change Coalition will host their fall 2024 in-person conference, “Inspire, Educate & Empower Person-Centered Dementia Caregivers.”

The current emergency communication system (Connect) for long-term care providers will end on Oct. 31 and will be replaced by the new system (AlertMedia), which is anticipated to go live no later than Dec. 1.

The grace period that allowed nurse aides, medication aides, nursing facility administrators and Nurse Aide Training Competency Evaluation Programs to continue with an expired status is ending on Nov. 30.

Effective Oct. 16, HHSC moved the News and Information and the Provider Letter content to new locations on the Long-Term Care Regulation Provider webpages.

Medicaid and CHIP Services will be hosting monthly Technical Assistance sessions for Program Providers and Financial Management Services Agencies, who use the Long-term Care online portal for the Home and Community-based Services and Texas Home Living waiver programs.

CDC recommends everyone (six months and older) be vaccinated against the flu by the end of October to avoid peak flu season.

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

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