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

Medicaid and CHIP Services (MCS) is hosting monthly meetings for 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.

This is a reminder that Electronic Visit Verification claims matching for Home and Community-based Services and Texas Home Living will begin on May 1, 2023.

In March 2020, HHSC implemented a temporary policy change for respite and Community First Choice Personal Assistance Services/Habilitation provided in the Home and Community-based Services and Texas Home Living waiver programs.

Medicaid and CHIP Services (MCS) is hosting monthly meetings for 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.

Revision 23-2 is effective April 1, 2023. All revisions are outlined in the Revision 23-2 Section of each document.

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

On Feb. 21, 2023, a notice was issued to inform Financial Management Services Agencies (FMSAs) of a formula error within the updated TxHmL Budget Workbook.

HHSC created the Session 4 Operational Readiness Review, which is a special abbreviated Electronic Visit Verification Proprietary System Operator onboarding path that supports additional PSO ORRs.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has indicated that the blanket waiver, allowing temporary nurse aides to work for longer than four months without completing their Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program (NATCEP) or Competency Evaluation Program (CEP), will end May 11, 2023.

A new version of the Electronic Visit Verification Home Health Care Services Bill Codes Table has posted. Reference the revision history for information about what was updated.

Form 8615, On-site and Off-site Individualized Skills and Socialization Service Delivery Log, and Form 8616, In-Home Individualized Skills and Socialization Service Delivery Log, are no longer mandatory to document a service claim of on-site, off-site, or in-home individualized skills and socialization.

HHSC has published IL 2023-11 to the CLASS, DMBD, HCS and TxHmL websites, stating that the federal COVID-19 public health emergency will end May 11, 2023.

The Texas Culture Change Coalition will host their in-person Spring 2023 conference titled, Texans Coming Together for Residents, for Staff, for All.

FEI Systems recently updated the content covered in the monthly CIMS Provider Demonstrations.