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Pediatric palliative care is a unique area of practice. Unlike adult palliative care, pediatric palliative care focuses on both quality of life and the developmental stage of the child.
Topics: Health Services Providers
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Palliative care is patient-centered and family-focused care that provides an adult or child of any age with relief from the symptoms, pain and stress of a serious illness.
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The Quality Incentive Payment Program (QIPP) is a state directed payment program (DPP) which serves as a performance-based initiative to help nursing facilities achieve transformation in the quality of their services through implementation of innovative program-wide improvement processes.
Topics: Medicaid Business Resources, Long-term Care Providers
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Topics: Licensing and Credentialing, Mental Health
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Texas local intellectual and developmental disability authorities (LIDDAs) provider information.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
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Information about permanency planning for children.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
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Texas Health and Human Services contracts with licensed agencies to provide personal assistance services to people who have physical disabilities who are mentally and emotionally competent and willing to supervise their attendant or have someone who can supervise the attendant for them. The individual interviews, selects, trains, supervises and releases their personal assistants. Health-related tasks are prescribed by physician.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
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IDD Program Eligibility & Support (IDD PES) has both advisors and reviewers. Reviewers can help with level of care determinations.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsApril 18, 2024
HHSC Intellectual and Developmental Disability Services has published a memo to the local IDD authorities outlining their role after Long-term Care Regulation identifies a potential threat.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsApril 12, 2024
HHSC has updated two lists of nursing facilities that have not met the initial conditions of participation for the Quality Incentive Payment Program state fiscal year (SFY) 2024 program year.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsApril 8, 2024
Nurse Aides (NAs), Medication Aides (MAs), Nursing Facility Administrators (NFAs), and Nurse Aide Training Competency Evaluation Programs (NATCEPs) are now required to use the new credentialing system in the Texas Unified Licensure Information Portal (TULIP) for licensing certification or permitting activities.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsApril 5, 2024
FEI Systems will host a monthly provider demonstration webinar on April 9, 2024, from 10–11 a.m.
- Provider NewsMarch 25, 2024
HHSC has identified Nursing Facilities that have not met the initial conditions of participation for the Quality Incentive Payment Program SFY 2024 program year.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 8, 2024
FEI Systems will host a monthly provider demonstration webinar on March 12, 2024, from 10–11 am.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 16, 2024
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has published an updated version of the SFY 2024 Quality Metrics and Associated Performance Requirements for the Quality Incentive Payment Program for Nursing Facilities to reflect recent changes made to Component 3 metrics.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers