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Information for Texas Emergency Response Services providers.

The Minimum Data Set (MDS) is a standardized collection of demographic and clinical information that describes a person's overall condition. All licensed nursing facilities in Texas are required to submit MDS assessments for all residents admitted into their facility. The current version is MDS 3.0.

As part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) migration of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) submission and reporting functionality to their Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES), CMS will turn off the current Assessment Submission and Processing (ASAP) system’s ability to accept any MDS transmissions on April 13, 2023, at 8 p.m. ET.

Effective Nov. 1, nursing facility providers must complete section GG and related fields before they submit an Omnibus Reconciliation Act assessment with an Assessment Reference Date on or after Nov. 1, 2022.

HHSC will host a Minimum Data Set webinar on Understanding Section GG: Functional Abilities and Goals.

This letter notifies providers of the following important claims processing cutoff dates.

Effective Nov. 1, nursing facility providers must complete section GG and related fields when they submit an Omnibus Reconciliation Act assessment.

IL 2022-39 is posted on the HHS local intellectual and developmental disability authorities, Texas Home Living, Home and Community-based Services, Deaf Blind with Multiple Disabilities, Community Living Assistance and Support Services, Community Attendant Services, Emergency Response Services, and Home-Delivered Meals webpages.

HHSC publishes IL 2022-33 Records Retention and Contact Information After Contract Termination effecting several Long Term Care providers.

IL 2022-31 is for providers to prepare for the Aug. 31 end of fiscal year closeout.

The May 2022 Long-Term Care (LTC) Provider Bulletin has been published on the LTC homepage on TMHP.com.

There will be a TMHP LTC Online Portal and HHS SAS extended outage to prepare for release of new functionality for the migration of 1915c Waiver Home and Community-based Services and Texas Home Living to these systems.