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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

Kidney Health Care is a statewide program that helps Texans with end-stage renal disease pay for their treatment, including: Dialysis treatments Access surgery Drugs Travel to transplant or dialysis services Medicare premiums

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.

IDD Program Eligibility & Support (IDD PES) has both advisors and reviewers. Reviewers can help with level of care determinations.

Resources for Texas PACE program providers

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.

Texas local intellectual and developmental disability authorities (LIDDAs) provider information.

Regulatory information for Texas Home Living Waiver (TxHmL) providers.

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.

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.