Twogether Consulting

Helping you help those you serve since 2004

Twogether Consulting has served as consultants to both HCS, TXHML, & ICF providers statewide, assisting them in areas of personnel training, quality assurance, survey and audit preparation and recovery, level of need increases, development of policies and procedures, plans of correction, billing errors and omissions. We also hold classes statewide for nurses, care coordinators, QIDP’s, program administrators, quality assurance staff, as well as “on-site only” classes for direct care.seo resell

With combined experience of more than 50 years serving individuals with developmental disabilities in both the public and private sectors, Twogether Consulting is here to help you as HCS, ICF/IID and TXHML providers build a more successful business while improving your quality of service delivery to the individuals in your program.

Upcoming Events

Provider Applicants

We help HCS/TxHmL Provicer applicants at all stages of the process. We can help:

If you’re just getting started
You’ve received coorespondence from HHSC
You need corrections to your application
You’ve received a notice of acceptance of applications
You’ve received notice of PAO
You’ve passed your PAO test
You’re received your letter of licensure.
You want to apply for the Mental Health HCS waiver program

Providers In Crisis

Notify us immediately if you need assistance with your Corrective Action Plans CAP’s/POC’s and evidence of corrections. Do not wait!

The minute the surveyor walks out of the facility, or even if you know prior to them leaving that you will need DIT’s, POC’s, CAP’s, or other assistance, contact us immediatly. Your time period for response is limited!

A successful Corrective Action Plan involves many steps and these do take time. We need to ensure that you’re successful, and need to be able to work with you to:

Review your tags and citations
Develop your Corrective Action Plan
Provide training
Delivery and measure Quality Assurance
Plan around holidays and other calendaring issues

Provider Training

For over 15 years, Twogether Consulting has been delivering the best training in the state of Texas for HCS, ICF, and other providers. We provide the best assistance you can find with training, survey preparation, billing preparation, policy and procedure development, and provider marketing.

Julie Blacklock, our founder and owner, has been an owner of an HCS program and understands the cost of running a program and the limited financial return sometimes for the amount of service the facility is expected to provide. As a provider yourself, you can trust us to deliver the best services at the lowest price.

For the help you need, contact us today!

Twogether Updates

For those of you with a Venmo account, we do now accept payments via Venmo, as well as Paypal now: Our Venmo address once you log in is @Twogether2004

Please don’t forget to read our “Updates” page on the website. This is where we post anything new from HHSC and anything going on with Twogether Consulting. Just click on the search bar for a particular topic otherwise posts are in dated order. It is fairly easy to navigate from one “post” to the other. If you want to read more on each section, just click on “read more”. See updates postings below

Urgent Information- DH Transition to ISS Services from HHSC

January 21st, 2022 HCS, TxHmL, ICF, DH Providers: Your Comments & Virtual Testimony Concerning The Transition From DH to ISS (Individualized Skills and Socialization Services) Are Needed! As mentioned in previous posts about the draft ISS rules, these...

HHSC has published ICF and HCS Emergency Staffing Requests Letter – Jan. 10th, 2022

HHSC has published ICF and HCS Emergency Staffing Requests – Jan. 10 HHSC has published ICF and HCS Emergency Staffing Requests (Provider Letter 2022-02). This letter provides information for Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability...

STATUS OF HCS RATES!

Status of HCS Rates as of January 17th, 2022 HCS and TxHmL Day Habilitation Rates, Respite Rates and Other Concerns The Public Health Emergency (PHE) was renewed until April 16, 2022, and Clarification: The HCS & TxHmL rates posted on HHSC's webpage listed as...