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HHSC Long-term Care Regulation updated the ICF COVID-19 FAQ documents.

HHSC Long-term Care Regulation has extended the survey deadline to Friday, April 29, 2022.

Nursing facility providers should attend this and all COVID-19 webinars with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation and the Texas Department of State Health Services.

A recording of the April 8, 2022, COVID-19 webinar with LTCR for HCSSA providers is available for those unable to attend.

HHSC Long-term Care Regulation has published a revised Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Related Conditions COVID-19 Mitigation and Response Emergency Rule.

LTCR provides the latest information and answers questions submitted in advance on COVID-19 in this HCSSA Provider COVID-19 Webinar.

HHSC Long-term Care Regulation has published a revised nursing facility COVID-19 Mitigation and Response Emergency Rule, effective March 28, 2022.

A recording of the March 9, 2022, NF COVID-19 webinar with LTCR and DSHS is now available.

The Texas Medical Foundation is hosting a series of webinars in March for nursing facility (NF) staff.

Nursing facility providers should attend this and all COVID-19 webinars with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation and the Texas Department of State Health Services. LTCR and DSHS will provide the latest information on the COVID-19 pandemic and take live questions from participants.

CMS issued revised QSO-21-08-NLTC (PDF) . It informs surveyors of acute and continuing care facilities, including home health and hospice agencies, that use of the special COVID-19 focused infection control surveys and tools are no longer needed on a national basis.

HHSC is not currently assessing compliance with CMS’s Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination rules, published in the Federal Register on Nov. 5, 2021.

A recording of the Feb. 14 ICF/IID COVID-19 Q&A with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation and DSHS is available for those who could not attend.