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Information for providers of Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Centers (PPECCs). PPECCs allow minors from birth through age 20 with medically complex conditions to receive daily medical care in a non-residential setting.

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.

The Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership has identified an issue affecting Resource Utilization Group score calculations for long-term care nursing facilities.

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

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

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

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).

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

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.

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

Nurse Aides, Medication Aides, Nursing Facility Administrators, and Nurse Aide Training Competency Evaluation Programs are now required to use the new credentialing system in the Texas Unified Licensure Information Portal for licensing certification or permitting activities.

On Oct. 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Resident Assessment Validation and Entry System will no longer be supported by CMS.

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

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

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