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- Provider NewsAugust 5, 2022HHSC is reminding long-term care providers to be alert for people who have rashes and other symptoms consistent with monkeypox. Providers should follow CDC guidance on monkeypox.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsAugust 5, 2022This webinar provides foundational guidance on OASIS and the OASIS conventions for data collection.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsAugust 5, 2022LTC providers should review their emergency preparedness and response plans to ensure people know what to do in an emergency related to drought, especially as Texas is currently experiencing statewide drought conditions.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsAugust 4, 2022Texas is currently experiencing statewide drought conditions. Numerous water systems are stressed and may continue to experience issues as the drought progresses, and there are concerns about the impacts on long-term care facilities.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsJuly 26, 2022HHSC is hosting an optional Electronic Visit Verification Compliance webinar on Aug. 25 for Consumer Directed Services employers required to use EVV.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsJuly 25, 2022Long-term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following trainings hosted in August.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsJuly 22, 2022HHSC adopted rules in Chapter 745, Subchapter F, Background Checks. The rules are effective July 26.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation
- Provider NewsJuly 22, 2022HHSC has published in the Texas Register proposed rule changes.
- Provider NewsJuly 21, 2022Emergency Rules for Home and Community Support Services Agencies Response to COVID-19 in 26 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 558.960 expire on July 21 and will not be renewed.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, COVID-19
- Provider NewsJuly 19, 2022Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership updated the Electronic Visit Verification Portal and related training materials on July 14.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsJuly 19, 2022A recording of the July 15 Home and Community Support Services Agencies Provider COVID-19 Webinar with Long-term Care Regulation is now available.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, COVID-19
- Provider NewsJuly 15, 2022Emergency rules for Inpatient Hospice COVID-19 Response – Expansion of Reopening Visitation in 26 Texas Administrative Code Section 558.950 expired on June 16.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsJuly 13, 2022The purpose of this letter is to require financial management services agencies to provide copies of two Electronic Visit Verification notices to CDS employers and designated representatives, as applicable.
- Provider NewsJuly 13, 2022Long-term Care Regulation will offer a Home and Community Support Services Agencies Provider COVID-19 webinar from 11 a.m.–noon Central time on Friday, July 15
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, COVID-19
- Provider NewsJuly 13, 2022IL 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.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers