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- Provider NewsNovember 30, 2023
HHSC will be providing education on how to complete the Employment First Discovery Tool related to Senate Bill 50, 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsNovember 17, 2023
Medicaid and CHIP Services (MCS) will host a webinar for LIDDAs, HCS and TxHmL providers regarding individualized skills and socialization.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsNovember 13, 2023
HHSC has adopted new program rules in the Texas Administrative Code, Title 26, Part 1, Chapter 284, effective Nov. 14, 2023.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsOctober 20, 2023
Texas nursing facilities (NFs) must not transmit Minimum Data Set (MDS) Optional State Assessments (OSAs) to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES).
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsOctober 4, 2023
On Oct. 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Resident Assessment Validation and Entry System will no longer be supported by CMS.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsOctober 3, 2023
FEI Systems recently updated the content covered in the monthly Critical Incident Management System (CIMS) Provider Demonstrations.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsSeptember 28, 2023
HHSC has posted the notice “Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Transition: You Must Take Action Now!” (PDF) for program providers, financial management services agencies (FMSAs) and Consumer Directed Services (CDS) employers to review.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsSeptember 1, 2023
HHSC issued Information Letter 2023-33 related to increased payment rates authorized under the 2024-25 General Appropriations Act, House Bill 1, 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (Article II, HHSC, Rider 30(a)).
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsAugust 14, 2023
HHSC will host a Minimum Data Set (MDS) webinar and provide an overview of medication reconciliation and clinical information.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsJuly 17, 2023
HHSC will host a Minimum Data Set webinar on changes scheduled for Oct. 1. Nursing facility providers are urged to attend.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsJune 16, 2023
On October 1, 2023, the Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) will implement the following changes to the Minimum Data Set (MDS) comprehensive and quarterly assessments on the Long-Term Care Online Portal (LTCOP).
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 31, 2023
As part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) migration of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) submission and reporting functionality to their Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES), CMS will turn off the current Assessment Submission and Processing (ASAP) system’s ability to accept any MDS transmissions on April 13, 2023, at 8 p.m. ET.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 16, 2023
HHSC is submitting 29 Acres, an intentional community setting, to the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for heightened scrutiny review.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 27, 2023
Local intellectual and developmental disability authorities (LIDDAs) and Home and Community-based Services (HCS) program providers have recently set forth new requirements in Title 26, Texas Administrative Code (26 TAC), Chapter 263, scheduled to be effective, March 1, 2023.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 17, 2023
HHSC reminds HCS program providers that HHSC, with the assistance of Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP), is conducting on-site assessments of 3-person residences, 4-person residences, and Host Home/Companion Care (HH/CC) settings to ensure compliance with the federal HCBS Settings Rule.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers