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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.

IL 2023-06 is posted on the HHS webpage for Home and Community-based Services (HCS), Texas Home Living (TxHmL), local intellectual and developmental disability authorities, and financial management services agency program providers.

IL 2023-07 is posted to the HHS DBMD, LIDDA, HCS and TxHmL

HHS reminds long-term care facilities and agencies to review and update emergency plans for freezing temperatures and snow.

The January 26 recording of the Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Programs and Provider Investigations (PI) Quarterly Webinar with Long-term Care Regulation (LTCR) is available.

QSO-23-08-HOSPICE informs Hospice providers of revisions to the State Operations Manual

A recording of the Jan. 11 TMHP LTC Town Hall for HCS and TxHmL Providers, and FMSAs Webinar is available for those who could not attend.

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following trainings hosted in February. Please verify if registering for a webinar or in-person class.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued QSO-23-05-NH and QSO-23-06-ALL.

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.

A recording of the Jan. 13 home and community support services agency provider webinar with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation is now available.

HHSC has posted the state’s HCBS Settings Rule final Statewide Transition Plan (STP) for public comment. Notice of the STP was published in the Jan. 13, 2023 edition of the Texas Register. However, due to errors in the publication, a revised notice regarding the STP is expected to be published in the Jan. 27, 2023 edition of the Texas Register.

HHSC will submit a final Statewide Transition Plan (STP) to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The STP is posted for public comment.

HHSC Long-term Care Regulation will host a webinar for Individualized Skills and Socialization, HCS, TxHmL and ICF/IID providers, regarding the latest information from LTCR.

Following the repeal of the Home and Community Support Services Agencies COVID-19 Emergency Rules, HHSC Long-term Care Regulation (LTCR) has retired the HCSSA COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions document, effective Jan. 10, 2023.