PEMS Provider Credentialing Process Update As Of May 30th, 2025

by | Apr 15, 2025

April 15th, 2025 Beginning May 30, the Provider Enrollment and Management System (PEMS) will be enhanced to streamline the process for Texas Medicaid enrollment, managed care organization (MCO) and dental maintenance organization (DMO) credentialing. PEMS will feature a new Credentialing Tab for the credentialing application that will allow providers to complete and submit their credentialing information as part of the enrollment process, the reenrollment process,...

Texas Council on Developmental Disabilities News This Week

by | Apr 15, 2025

April 15th, 2025 From our friends at Texas Council on Developmental Disabilities: IDD Coordinating Council TCDD Senior Public Policy Analyst Lauren Gerken provided verbal testimony on March 25 to the House Human Services Committee on House Bill (HB) 2807, which would establish a statewide intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) coordinating council. She discussed how this new council would bring multiple agencies together to develop strategies on...

Notification of Intergovernmental Transfer -2nd Qtr. 2025 Payment-ICF UPL Program

by | Apr 12, 2025

April 12th, 2025 HHSC is providing notification of the Intergovernmental Transfer (IGT) call for the Intermediate Care Facilities Upper Payment Limit (ICF UPL) 2Qtr2025 payment. The federal fiscal year 2025 ICF UPL Quarterly Payments file was updated on April 15, 2025, and can be found on the Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Related Conditions (ICF/IID) UPL Supplemental Payment Program website. IGT amounts due are in...

Updates on Budget Proposals For IDD Services

by | Apr 10, 2025

April 10th, 2025 Resource Links:  Consideration of the budget as well as HB 500, the supplemental budget, by the House will occur today at 9:00am, Thursday, April 10th. HB 500 (supplemental):  https://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/HB00500H.pdf#navpanes=0   House Rules Adopted related to Consideration of the Budget:  To view the rules adopted by the House on April 2, 2025 related to consideration of the budget (SB 1), see pages 2 – 4...

Gofundme Fundraiser Link For Our Friend Marie “Lynn” Palmares

by | Mar 31, 2025

March 31st, 2025 Many of you may know our friend and colleague Marie “Lynn” Palmares.  Lynn has worked in ICF and HCS programs in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area for many years.  In the past 8 years or so she has been working with the YES waiver program.  Lynn has helped many providers as an independent contractor and as a consultant for Twogether Consulting over the past 10 years with their HCS and YES waiver programs.  In addition, Lynn has assisted our...

Previous Temporary Exception Now A Permanent Policy Change in HCS/TxHmL For Respite and CFC PAS/HAB

by | Mar 30, 2025

March 30th, 2025 Permanent Policy Change for CFC PAS/HAB- Letter 2025-04  HHSC has published Information Letter 2025-04 Permanent Change to HCS and TxHmL Policy for Community First Choice (CFC) personal assistance services (PAS)/habilitation (HAB) service providers. This letter informs financial management services agencies (FMSAs), local intellectual and developmental disability authorities (LIDDAs), and providers of Home and Community-based Services (HCS) and...