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A special care facility is an establishment that provides a continuum of nursing or medical care or services primarily to persons with acquired immune deficiency syndrome or other terminal illnesses. A special care facility may also include special residential care facilities.
Topics: Health Care Facilities Regulation
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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, Financial
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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.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
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Information for Texas Emergency Response Services providers.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
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Information for providers of Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Centers (PPECCs). PPECCs allow minors from birth through age 20 with medically complex conditions to receive daily medical care in a non-residential setting.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsApril 16, 2024
Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following in-person classes hosted in April, May and June
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 3, 2024
Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following webinar trainings hosted in April.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsApril 2, 2024
Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following in-person classes hosted in April.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- 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 11, 2024
Long-term Care Licensing has created process maps to provide an overview of the licensing and certification process.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 6, 2024
Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following webinar trainings hosted in February and March. If you register and can’t attend, please cancel your registration as soon as possible.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 23, 2024
Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following in-person classes hosted in March.
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
- Provider NewsFebruary 16, 2024
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted proposed SFY 2025 QIPP quality metrics and associated performance requirements on Nov. 30, 2023.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers