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- Provider NewsNovember 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 NewsOctober 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 NewsOctober 4, 2023
On Oct. 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Resident Assessment Validation and Entry System will no longer be supported by CMS.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsOctober 3, 2023
FEI Systems recently updated the content covered in the monthly Critical Incident Management System (CIMS) Provider Demonstrations.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsSeptember 1, 2023
HHSC issued Information Letter 2023-33 related to increased payment rates authorized under the 2024-25 General Appropriations Act, House Bill 1, 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (Article II, HHSC, Rider 30(a)).
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsAugust 14, 2023
HHSC will host a Minimum Data Set (MDS) webinar and provide an overview of medication reconciliation and clinical information.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsJuly 17, 2023
HHSC will host a Minimum Data Set webinar on changes scheduled for Oct. 1. Nursing facility providers are urged to attend.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsJune 16, 2023
On October 1, 2023, the Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) will implement the following changes to the Minimum Data Set (MDS) comprehensive and quarterly assessments on the Long-Term Care Online Portal (LTCOP).
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsJune 5, 2023
Texas HHSC, along with the University of Texas Steve Hicks School of Social Work, will host the 2023 Quality in Long-Term Care Conference in person at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin on Aug. 22–23.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMay 11, 2023
Texas HHSC, along with The University of Texas Steve Hicks School of Social Work, will host the 2023 Quality in Long-Term Care Conference in person at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin on Aug. 22–23.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsMarch 31, 2023
As part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) migration of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) submission and reporting functionality to their Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES), CMS will turn off the current Assessment Submission and Processing (ASAP) system’s ability to accept any MDS transmissions on April 13, 2023, at 8 p.m. ET.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 27, 2023
Local intellectual and developmental disability authorities (LIDDAs) and Home and Community-based Services (HCS) program providers have recently set forth new requirements in Title 26, Texas Administrative Code (26 TAC), Chapter 263, scheduled to be effective, March 1, 2023.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 16, 2023
This information letter provides guidance on the process a program provider must follow to request an enhanced staffing rate for the provision of off-site individualized skills and socialization.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 14, 2023
HCBS Settings and Individualized Skills and Socialization Provider Webinar Slated for Feb. 27. HCS and TxHmL program providers and service coordinators, and other interested people, can register for this webinar.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
- Provider NewsFebruary 3, 2023
IL 2023-06 is posted on the HHS webpage for Home and Community-based Services (HCS), Texas Home Living (TxHmL), local intellectual and developmental disability authorities, and financial management services agency program providers.
Topics: Long-term Care Providers