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    Information for Texas providers of  Peer Re-entry Pilot Program provides community-based peer services.

    Topics: Behavioral Health Services Providers, Mental Health

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    Information for Texas providers of Peer Support Services on becoming certified for Peer Support as a Medicaid Benefit.

    Topics: Behavioral Health Services Providers, Licensing and Credentialing

  • Pages

    The benefits of Peer Support Services are listed.

    Topics: Behavioral Health Services Providers, Mental Health

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    A peer is a person with lived experience of recovery from mental illness or addiction. By combining this experience with skills learned in formal training, peer specialists deliver services in behavioral health settings to support long-term recovery.

    Topics: Behavioral Health Services Providers, Mental Health

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    Peer support is when someone with lived experience gives encouragement and assistance to help someone with mental illness or a substance use disorder achieve long-term recovery.

    Topics: Behavioral Health Services Providers, Mental Health

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    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.

    Topics: Long-term Care Providers

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    Medicaid home and community-based services provide opportunities for people to receive long-term services and supports in their own home or community, rather than in an institution or isolated setting.

    Topics: Long-term Care Providers

  • Provider News
    December 7, 2023

    The Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership has identified an issue affecting Resource Utilization Group score calculations for long-term care nursing facilities.

    Topics: Long-term Care Providers

  • Provider News
    November 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 News
    November 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 News
    October 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 News
    October 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 News
    September 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 News
    August 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 News
    July 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

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