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COVID-19 Flexibility for CLASS and DBMD Case Managers will End when PHE Ends

COVID-19 Flexibilities for Pre-Enrollment and Enrollment Will End when PHE Ends

A recording of the April 8, 2022, COVID-19 webinar with LTCR for HCSSA providers is available for those unable to attend.

HHSC Long-term Care Regulation has published a revised Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Related Conditions COVID-19 Mitigation and Response Emergency Rule.

LTCR provides the latest information and answers questions submitted in advance on COVID-19 in this HCSSA Provider COVID-19 Webinar.

CMS issued revised QSO-21-08-NLTC (PDF) . It informs surveyors of acute and continuing care facilities, including home health and hospice agencies, that use of the special COVID-19 focused infection control surveys and tools are no longer needed on a national basis.

HHSC is not currently assessing compliance with CMS’s Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination rules, published in the Federal Register on Nov. 5, 2021.

A recording of the Feb. 14 ICF/IID COVID-19 Q&A with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation and DSHS is available for those who could not attend.