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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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    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
    December 4, 2023

    Long-Term Care Regulation staff and Nursing Home program providers are invited to attend the new in-person class, “The Survey and Enforcement Process for Nursing Homes,” starting in January.

    Topics: Long-term Care Providers

  • Provider News
    November 30, 2023

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

    Topics: Long-term Care Providers

  • Provider News
    November 20, 2023

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

    Topics: Long-term Care Providers

  • Provider News
    November 17, 2023

    Medicaid and CHIP Services (MCS) will host a webinar for LIDDAs, HCS and TxHmL providers regarding individualized skills and socialization.

    Topics: Long-term Care Providers

  • Provider News
    November 9, 2023

    HHSC has published a new nursing facility Change of Ownership Report that provides a breakdown of licensing and contracting processing times, and the average time for licensing to complete an initial review.

    Topics: Long-term Care Providers

  • Provider News
    November 3, 2023

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

    Topics: Long-term Care Providers

  • Provider News
    November 3, 2023

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

    Topics: Long-term Care Providers

  • Provider News
    October 30, 2023

    Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made recent revisions to the structure of the Civil Money Penalty Reinvestment Program (CMPRP).

    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 17, 2023

    HHSC implemented a new credentialing system in the Texas Unified Licensure Information Portal (TULIP) on July 5, 2023.

    Topics: Long-term Care Providers

  • Provider News
    October 16, 2023

    Temporary nurse aides hired during the COVID-19 public health emergency were allowed under state regulations to use work experience and training obtained at a nursing facility to satisfy the 100-hour training requirement needed in order to take the exam for full certification.

    Topics: Long-term Care Providers

  • Provider News
    October 12, 2023

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

    Topics: Long-term Care Providers

  • Provider News
    October 11, 2023

    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.

    Topics: Long-term Care Providers

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