December 31st, 2025
Now Effective: LTCOP HCS and TxHmL Transfer Form Submission Sequencing Enhancements
On December 18, 2025, the Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) released enhancements to the Long-Term Care Online Portal (LTCOP) that are designed to streamline the transfer process for the Home and Community-based Services (HCS) and Texas Home Living (TxHmL) waiver programs. These updates are now in effect for use by providers and local intellectual and developmental disability authorities (LIDDAs).
- A TMHP enhancement for HCS and TxHmL is scheduled to deploy 12/18:
- When a transfer includes a change in residence address or county, the receiving provider will no longer need to submit a separate IMT individual update – the system will auto-generate the required update.
- LIDDA users will only see counties in their catchment area, reducing data entry errors.
- If a location code is inactive, the system will flag it.
A future enhancement will apply the same logic to revision IPCs when only the residential type changes (same contract number), so a separate individual update form will not be required in those
For more information, see the full posting at TMHP.com Now Effective: LTCOP HCS and TxHmL Transfer Form Submission Sequencing Enhancements | TMHP
December 14th, 2025
LTCOP HCS and TxHmL Transfer Form Submission Sequencing Enhancements
On Dec. 18, 2025, the Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) will update the Long-Term Care Online Portal (LTCOP) to improve form sequencing requirements and transfer processing for the HCS & TxHmL programs. These updates will help HCS and TxHmL waiver program providers and local intellectual and developmental disability authorities (LIDDAs) to submit forms accurately and reduce manual processing needs.
Hopefully, this should make transfers occur in a much more timely fashion with fewer errors in the transfer process and accountability for transfer steps by appropriate parties.
For more information, see the full posting at TMHP.com
Coming Soon: LTCOP HCS and TxHmL Transfer Form Submission Sequencing Enhancements | TMHP
Timely Submission of IPC Renewals
HHSC reminds HCS and TxHmL providers and local intellectual and developmental disability authorities (LIDDAs) to submit individual plan of care (IPC) renewals for individuals enrolled in the HCS and TxHmL waiver programs as early as program rules allow.
For HCS, renewal IPCs must be submitted at least 30, but no more than 60, calendar days before the current IPC end date.
TxHmL program providers and LIDDAs are encouraged to use the same timeframe for the submission of TxHmL renewal IPCs. Failure to do so can result in delays in processing and service authorization approval.
Important note for individuals transferring:
For a transfer involving two LIDDAs, the individual movement local authority reassignment form must be submitted and processed (status Processed/Complete or PCS Processed/Complete) prior to submission of the transfer IPC.
Guidance on HCS and TxHmL IPC submissions:
Note: There have been no changes in who is responsible for submitting IPCs since the migration of the HCS and TxHmL forms and claims from the legacy HHS Client Assignment and Registration system to the TMHP Long-Term Care Online Portal.
- For information on how to submit forms in the LTCOP portal, refer to Long-Term Care (LTC) Online Portal User Guides for Home and Community-based Services (HCS) and Texas Home Living (TxHmL) Waiver Programs: TMHP Learning (exceedlms.com).
Questions:
For policy questions, email your program policy inbox: HCS Policy or TxHmL Policy.
For issues encountered while submitting the IPC on the TMHP Long-Term Care Online Portal, please contact TMHP at 800-626-4117.
