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Information about how to become a CDS provider in Texas.

Information for Consumer Directed Services (CDS) providers in Texas.

CDS Program Handbooks and Forms

Electronic Visit Verification 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.

The Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) has published the 2025 Proprietary System Operator (PSO) Operational Readiness Review (ORR) onboarding schedule and the new PSO Onboarding Standard Process Overview and Timeline (PDF) to the TMHP EVV webpage.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In March 2020, HHSC started a temporary policy change for respite and Community First Choice (CFC) Personal Assistance Services (PAS)/Habilitation (HAB) provided in the Home and Community-based Services (HCS) and Texas Home Living (TxHmL) waiver programs. This temporary policy change is effective March 27, 2020, through March 31, 2025. HHSC will provide guidance if anything changes.

The Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) has published the Proprietary System Operator (PSO) 2024 Onboarding schedule to the EVV Proprietary Systems webpage.