HCS Provider Response & Visitation Emergency Rules: COVID-19-Update 2022

by | Oct 15, 2022

October 17th, 2022 HHSC HCS Program Provider Response to COVID-19 Emergency Rule Expired Oct. 14 The emergency rule for Home and Community-based Services waiver program providers that contain the HCS Program Provider Response to COVID-19 Emergency Rule expired Oct. 14. The following rule expired Oct. 14: 40 Texas Administrative Code Section 9.198 – Program Provider Response to COVID-19 Emergency Rule HCS program providers must continue to comply with...

HCS/TxHmL Proposed Rules: HCBS Setting Compliant: October 2022

by | Oct 13, 2022

HCS/TxHmL proposed rules should align with the federal HCBS settings rule. These are currently in the formal comment phase.  These comments are due to HHSC on October 17, 2022.  To view the rules and instructions for submitting comments, go to the following link: https://www.hhs.texas.gov/regulations/policies-rules/health-human-services-rulemaking/comment-proposed-draft-rules

CARE Migration To TMHP HCS &TxHmL: Updates

by | Oct 13, 2022

October 13th, 2022 Update on Some Migration Issues  Enhancements planned for release in November will now not be released until December; the 2nd set of enhancements will be released in June, 2023.  A notice about the enhancements will be posted in the next few weeks. HHSC will post recordings of their monthly TMHP Migration webinars, but not sure where they could be accessed. Sometimes the original registration links end up leading to the recordings, but we will...

Reminder: Avoiding HCS and TxHmL Overpayment of Services Effective Jan. 2, 2023

by | Oct 10, 2022

October 10th, 2022 Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) will perform monthly calculations on services for the Individual Plan of Care that overlaps the May 1, 2022 implementation of the new process for submitting Home and Community-based Services and Texas Home Living forms and claims. On a quarterly basis, TMHP will calculate all services that have been paid through (CARE) Client Assignment and Registration System and TMHP and will recoup services...

WS&C Mailbox for HHSC To Be Discontinued As of Oct. 31st, 2022

by | Oct 10, 2022

October 10th, 2022 As part of the on-going transformation efforts, HHSC will no longer use the following mailbox, effective Oct. 31, 2022: WaiverSurvey.Certification@hhsc.state.tx.us For a complete list of current contact information, program providers should refer to PL 2021-26 or e-mail Survey Operations at LTCRSurveyOperation@hhs.texas.gov. For policy questions related to HCS and TxHmL, providers should...

IPC Renewals Submissions, Transfers, How To Submit IPC into LTCOP

by | Oct 6, 2022

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...