by Julie Blacklock | Mar 20, 2026
March 20th, 2026 Long-Term Care The Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) is working to resolve an issue affecting some newly issued long-term care (LTC) Texas Medicaid IDs that begin with “9.” Read the full alert for LTC. Prior Authorization and Acute Care TMHP is aware that some newly issued Texas Medicaid patient control numbers (PCNs) appear as ineligible in certain TMHP systems for Prior Authorization and Acute Care claims submissions. Providers...
by Julie Blacklock | Mar 20, 2026
March 20th, 2026 The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing has a wonderful a collaborative effort to improve long-term care in Texas. This partnership includes updating eight web-based modules delivering best practices education to providers of long-term care in Texas nursing homes. The Long-Term Care modules are: -Infection Prevention and Control. -Reducing Antipsychotic Use in Long-Term Care...
by Julie Blacklock | Mar 20, 2026
March 20th, 2026 Just a friendly reminder…. On February 20, 2026, the Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) released enhancements to the Long-Term Care Online Portal (LTCOP) to streamline the Revision Individual Plan of Care (IPC) process for the Home and Community-based Services (HCS) and Texas Home Living (TxHmL) programs. For more information, see the full posting at TMHP.com Now Effective: Enhancements to LTCOP HCS and TxHmL IPC Revision...
by Julie Blacklock | Mar 18, 2026
March 18th, 2026 Save the date for a free webinar on Wednesday, April 29, for Autism Awareness Month. What: Webinar on Helping Learners Prepare for the Workforce When: Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 12 to 1:30 p.m. CST Registration: Registration opens later in March. About the Webinar The HHSC Children’s Autism Program is hosting this webinar for Autism Awareness Month. The webinar is presented by Dr. Dorothea Lerman PhD, BCBA-D, LBA-Tx, Director of the University of...
by Julie Blacklock | Mar 17, 2026
March 17th, 2026 The CLASS Handbook Has Been Revised The Community Living Assistance and Support Services (CLASS) Manual, revision 26-1, updates Appendix V. This revision is effective March 16, 2026. Review the updates linked here.
