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Current and past provider news for Texas Minimum Data Set (MDS).

Current and past Information and Provider Letters for Home Delivered Meals (HDM).

Current and past Information and Provider Letters for Home and Community Support Services Agencies (HCSSA).

Current and past provider news for Home and Community Support Services Agencies (HCSSA).

The Minimum Data Set 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.

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.

Each training will offer guidance for the new CMS All-Payer OASIS Submission Requirement, effective Jan. 1, 2025, and mandatory by July 1, 2025. 

Joint Training will be hosting an in-person emergency preparedness training for long-term care providers on April 17.

Long-term Care program providers and regulatory staff are invited to attend the following in-person classes hosted in April and May, .

HHSC Long-Term Care Regulation will host a webinar for Home and Community Support Services Agencies on April 17 from 11 a.m. to noon.

The OASIS training course is for administrators and alternate administrators employed at Medicare certified home health agencies and licensed home health agencies seeking Medicare certification.

  HHSC Long-Term Care Regulation Joint Training is offering webinars in March for registered nurses and physical, occupational and speech therapists who collect Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) data.  

The OASIS trainings are for registered nurses, physical, occupational and speech therapists who collect OASIS data.

Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is aware that an unauthorized third party impersonating the agency sent an email requesting the recipient complete and sign documents using DocuSign from HHSC employees.

Long-term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following webinar trainings hosted in February and March.