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Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) is a computer-based system that verifies the occurrence of authorized personal attendant service visits by electronically documenting the precise time a service delivery visit begins and ends. Texas requires EVV for certain Medicaid funded home and community-based services provided through HHSC and MCOs.

Review past HCS and TxHmL webinars and frequently asked questions.

Licensing and regulation information for Home and Community-based Services (HCS) program providers in Texas.

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.

HHSC is submitting 29 Acres, an intentional community setting, to the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for heightened scrutiny review.

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.

Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership is hosting Electronic Visit Verification Portal training webinars for program providers and financial management services agencies that are required to use EVV for personal care services and home health care services.

HHSC has adopted rules in the Home and Community-based Services (HCS) Program, effective March 1, 2023.

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.