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Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is accepting comments from stakeholders on the following draft rules.

This course covers the Home Health regulatory part of OASIS. It is for administrators and alternate administrators employed at Medicare certified home health agencies and licensed home health agencies seeking Medicare certification.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued revised Quality Safety & Oversight Memo (QSO) 20-39-NH Nursing Home Visitation – COVID-19 and allows QSO-20-38-NH on COVID-19 Long-term Care (LTC) Facility Testing to expire.

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

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued memo QSO-23-13-ALL which outlines the expiration of emergency waivers issued during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) related to the minimum health and safety requirements for nursing facility (NF) providers.

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.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published its memorandum, QSO-23-13-ALL, providing guidance on the termination of the Social Security Act Section 1135 emergency waivers.

The federal waiver allowing temporary nurse aides to work longer than four months without certification ends May 11.

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

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

This training is for registered nurses, physical, occupational and speech therapists that collect OASIS data.

To improve technical assistance for commonly cited minimum standards, Child Care Regulation (CCR) is developing a series of forms that may be used to improve compliance.

To improve technical assistance for commonly cited minimum standards, Child Care Regulation (CCR) is developing a series of forms that may be used to improve compliance.

A recording of the April 14 home and community support services agency provider webinar with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation is now available.

CMS rescinded memorandum QSO-20-31-ALL, the Enhanced Enforcement for Infection Control Deficiencies, and replaced it with memorandum QSO-23-10-NH, revised guidance for Strengthened Enhanced Enforcement for Infection Control Deficiencies.