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Home Delivered Meals provides nutritious noontime meals delivered to people in their homes on a scheduled basis. Meals may also be delivered to a location other than an individual's home, provided the location is within the provider's service area and is approved by the case worker. Those eligible for HDM are aged 18 years or older. An interest list is maintained for people interested in applying for this program. This page contains information for HDM providers.

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.

The administrators training course is for administrators and alternate administrators employed at Medicare certified home health agencies and licensed home health agencies seeking Medicare certification, and it covers the Home Health regulatory part of OASIS.

HHAeXchange is offering additional training sessions for EVV program providers, financial management services agencies (FMSAs), CDS employers and CDS employees.

This is a reminder that Electronic Visit Verification claims matching for all services required to use EVV will begin on Jan. 1, 2024.

Electronic Visit Verification claims matching for home health care services will begin on Jan. 1, 2024. EVV claims with dates of service of Jan. 1, 2024, and after do not have an EVV visit match will be denied.

HHSC will require Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) for Medicaid home health care services (HHCS) beginning Jan. 1, 2024, as listed in the Home Health Care Services required to use EVV (PDF).

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following in-person classes hosted in November.

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following webinar trainings hosted in November.

Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) published a table that highlights the most frequently occurring issues Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) users have experienced with the HHAeXchange system.

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).

As a reminder, EVV program providers and financial management services agencies (FMSAs) transitioning to HHAeXchange must complete onboarding and system user training.

This notice is for program providers, financial management services agencies (FMSAs) and Consumer Directed Services (CDS) employers transitioning to the new state-funded EVV vendor, HHAeXchange.

CDC recommends everyone six months and older be vaccinated against the flu by the end of October to avoid peak flu season.

Texas Health and Human Services Commission is aware that an unauthorized third party impersonating the agency sent an email requesting the verification/update of information related to Long-term Care licensure.