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Current and past Information and Provider Letters for Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF/IID).

Current and past provider news for Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF/IID).

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).

Information about the licensing and regulation of Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Related Conditions (ICF/IIDs) in Texas.

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.  

LTCR has updated the ICF federal, licensure and state standards of participation tag crosswalks to the most current version.

The legislatively mandated Surrogate Decision-making Program authorizes Surrogate Decision Makers and Surrogate Consent Committees to provide written informed consent for certain treatment decisions for adult individuals with intellectual disabilities who have no legal guardian, and have been assessed to lack the capacity to consent for themselves, and reside in community-based intermediate care facilities for individuals with an intellectual disability or related conditions.

HHSC Joint Training is requesting feedback from providers related to a proposed training on the ICF internal investigation process.

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.

The Jan. 30 recording of the Intellectual and Developmental Disability Programs (IDD) and Provider Investigations (PI) quarterly webinar with Long-term Care Regulation (LTCR) is available.

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