Letter To Providers From Twogether Consulting: August 30th, 2025

by | Aug 30, 2025

August 30th, 2025

From Twogether Consulting!

Hello Everyone!

New rates for HCS/TxHmL/ICF & CLASS will be effective Sept. 1st, 2025.

Important Note:  Conference/Convention season is here:

PPAT’s Annual Conference: Austin, Tx-Sept. 24th-26th, 2025

Texas State Chapter of AAIDD Convention:  Corpus Christi, Tx –Sept. 30th-Oct. 3rd, 2025,

PACSTX Annual Conference:  San Marcos, Tx-Oct. 14th-16th, 2025

Just a few reminders:  For those of you who missed the Quarterly HCS/TxHmL Stakeholders’ webinar this past week on August 28th, 2025, the recording and PDF handout will be available in the near future on the HCS home page at the HHSC website.  Something new that was relayed to providers during this webinar was that HHSC will now be notifying providers when forms from HHSC have been updated or added. I believe this will be part of your provider letters and alerts.  On that note, in case you did not know already, at least 5 forms were updated in the past 12 months.

IPC-3608 for HCS,

IPC 8582- for TxHmL,

 3598-Transportation IP Plan for HCS/TxHmL,

IP- 2125 for HCS/TxHmL/CFC

ISS IP form- 2186 for HCS/TxHmL

Don’t forget Attendant Compensation Rate Enhancement Program and Rate Adjustments for Attendant Services will be discontinued as of Sept. 1st, 2025. 

Twogether Consulting, along with Nursing Innovations, hosted a 3-day live training HCS training session in San Antonio, Tx, on August 25th-27th, 2025 at AACOG (Alamo Area Council of Governments). The training, “Best Practices For HCS Client Admission and 30-Day Post-Admission Follow-Up Activities,”  was for case managers, program managers, nurses, quality assurance staff, and new providers. We had a wonderful group of attendees, and AACOG was such a gracious host.  We can’t wait to do this session again in Houston or Austin, possibly in October.

We are still available for facility and 1 on 1 requests for webinars and live training in October and November.  Remember that you can view all calendar postings on our Twogether Consulting website. 

Our next webinars for October and November will be on the following topics:  CIMS (Critical Incident Management Systems) training, Developing the Implementation Plan/s in the HCS Program: Update 2025, Completing the IPC: Enrollments/Transfer/Revisions & Renewals, Host Home/Companion Care Service Provider: Job Description, and lastly ISS: TAC Updates, Clarifications, & Survey Expectations.  Please continue to check our website for these sessions.  We will post them on the website “calendar” page

We have a variety of pre-recorded webinar trainings for program managers, case managers and nurses, and direct care,  so feel free to email us at info@twogetherconsulting.com to inquire. Let us know what areas of training you would like, to help us plan future sessions.

Here are just a few of the recent pre-recorded webinar trainings available for purchase:  “Admission, Post-Admission & Other Follow-Up Requirements-HCS Program”, ICAPs/LON’s/IDRC’s-ICF Program” (Also have for HCS program), “Development of The Comprehensive Nursing Assessment & Nursing Service Plan-HCS or ICF”, “Best Practices For HCS Providers: How To Remain In Compliance With TAC Ch 565”, “Role & Responsbilities of The Q”,  “Surrogate Decision Making Process, Rights Restrictions & Immediate Jeopardy-ICF Program”, “Licensed ISS Providers: What You Really Need To Know.”, We also have a ore-recorded 5 part Care Coordination/Case Management series as well for the HCS program. All of these sessions and many more come with handouts as well as the link to the pre-recorded session

Please see our “Updates” section of the website for the latest news for IDD providers.

 Please feel free to e-mail us or contact Meghan Jones to schedule an appointment for consultation.  We have consultants available to provide consultation for HCS, TxHmL, ICF, and (some CLASS as well).  Please contact us directly for your care coordination, QIDP, direct care, and nursing needs or training at info@twogetherconsulting.com or you may contact our assistant, Meghan Jones at meghanjones.tx@gmail.com
We are happy to say that we will continue to provide whatever assistance we can with questions you may have, especially concerning HCS/TxHmL Care Coordination, Nursing, or general survey requirements from LTCR department in these programs.  We continue to assist those working with the ICF/IID program as well. We are currently providing both on-site in-person training at this time as well as in-person live training that is open to all providers.
FYI-We do still provide “mentoring” assistance for program managers, case managers, and especially for nurses.  We continue to provide nursing trainings and we can refer you out to our partner RN consultants, Nursing Innovations, who provide IDD nursing consultation, mentoring, and/or training for HCS, TxHmL, and ICF.  If you have new staff or nurses who need training quicker than classes posted on the calendar, please let me know and we do offer some of our previously recorded sessions for a low cost, which includes the handouts.   We are happy to schedule one-on-one training sessions and mentoring with one of our consultants.  We can also refer you to another resource, if more appropriate.  Twogether Consulting also continues to provide assistance with applying to become an HCS/TxHmL waiver provider.
For HCS Providers who want to purchase specific services and/or specific forms we have on our website, may go to the following link “purchase services” page. If you are having issues downloading forms, please feel free to contact us at info@twogetherconsulting.com and I will be happy to send them to you.
Thank you,
Julie Blacklock/ Owner & IDD Waiver Consultant