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Information about community mental health centers in Texas.
Topics: Health Care Facilities Regulation
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Provider information about the Texas Burial or Cremation Assistance Registry.
Topics: Health Care Facilities Regulation
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Information about the regulation of health care facilities in Texas.
Topics: Health Care Facilities Regulation
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Each month, HHSC requires nursing facilities who participate in the Medicaid program to report census on occupied Medicaid bed days, census of the licensed beds and children under the age 22.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, Reporting, Data
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Culture change is an evolving process whereby a nursing home moves from being an institution driven by tasks and schedules to a place that reflects the residents wishes and their needs. With culture change comes a new way of thinking: focusing on residents' abilities, preferences and routines to provide care that meets their needs.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
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Information on how to become a licensed Nursing Facility provider in Texas.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, Licensing and Credentialing
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HHSC is mandated to create and provide nursing facilities with one of the posters required by Texas Administrative Code, Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 554, §554.1921(e), the notice of how to file a complaint, giving the toll-free telephone number. This page provides information on how to obtain these posters.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
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Listing of handbooks and forms for nursing facility providers in Texas
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, Policy
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Advance care planning means planning ahead for how you want to be treated if you are very ill or near death. This page provides information about that process for both providers and consumers.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, Aging
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The term "negotiated rulemaking" specifies a particular process to be used to draft a proposed rule. This process provides for a group of 12-15 stakeholders who represent differing interests affected by the proposed rule to negotiate and potentially reach agreement on a proposed rule.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, Policy
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Information about the licensing and regulation of nursing facilities (NFs) in Texas.
Topics: COVID-19, Licensing and Credentialing, Long-term Care Providers, Policy
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Electronic Visit Verification 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.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, Policy, Reporting
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The SSPD program provides services in a variety of settings to assist individuals in developing the skills needed to remain in the community as independently as possible. Services included in the service plan consist of counseling, personal care and help with the development of skills needed for independent living in the community. Services vary depending on the regional contract This page contains information for SSPD providers.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 18, 2025
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued QSO-25-12-NH (PDF).
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 12, 2025
The OASIS trainings are for registered nurses, physical, occupational and speech therapists who collect OASIS data.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers