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Information about community mental health centers in Texas.
Topics: Health Care Facilities Regulation
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How to become a child care home provider in Texas.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation, Licensing and Credentialing
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Licensing and regulatory information for residential child care operations in Texas.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation
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Resources for Texas PACE program providers
Topics: Long-term Care Providers
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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
- Provider NewsDecember 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 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 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 19, 2023
HHSC adopted rules in Chapter 748, Minimum Standards for General Residential Operations. The rules are effective Aug. 9.
Topics: Child Care Licensing/Regulation
- 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