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Due to COVID-19 precautions, HHSC is taking protective measures for the public and HHSC staff. HHSC encourages contract applicants and current contractors for Long-term Care programs and services to submit contract applications and other contract information by email or fax
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
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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.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, Policy, Reporting
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Regulatory and other information for Texas Hospice providers.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers, COVID-19, Contact, Licensing and Credentialing
- Provider NewsMarch 29, 2023
Long-term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following trainings hosted in April.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 22, 2023
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.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 17, 2023
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.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 16, 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.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 15, 2023
Home and Community Support Services Agencies should attend this and all webinars with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 9, 2023
The Texas Culture Change Coalition will host their in-person Spring 2023 conference titled, Texans Coming Together for Residents, for Staff, for All.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 3, 2023
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.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 1, 2023
HHSC has become aware of a nation-wide scheme involving the sale of false and fraudulent nursing degree diplomas and transcripts from accredited Florida-based nursing schools, which were then used by individuals to obtain nursing licensure in various states.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 1, 2023
Long-term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following trainings hosted in March.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 27, 2023
Long-term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following trainings hosted in March.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 7, 2023
HHSC has extended the start date when Electronic Visit Verification claims for Home and Community-based Services and Texas Home Living will deny for no matching EVV visit.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 6, 2023
On Friday, HHSC published a notice announcing a power outage that affected the processing of Electronic Visit Verification visit transactions. The Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership has now processed all impacted visit transactions successfully. All processing is back to normal.