December 16th, 2024

From Twogether Consulting!

Happy Holidays!

Twogether Consulting is officially closed for the holiday season from December 15th, 2024 through January 15th, 2025.  Several of our consultants are available for emergencies if necessary during that time, so please feel free to email me at info@twogetherconsulting.com or my general email address.  I will be checking emails regularly or you can contact Meghan Jones at: meghanjones.tx@gmail.com to schedule an appointment or make an inquiry.  Sheila Hanson will still be available to complete ICAP scorings, if it is necessary during this time, but we do recommend making those requests before December 20th, if you can.  No live trainings or webinars have been scheduled after December 15th, until the new year. 

Once again, we welcome Jo Beth Collier to our team as a part-time ICF consultant.  Many of you may recognize her from her many years working in the ICF program with providers in the community and her advocacy efforts for our individuals with IDD.  Jo Beth also worked at both the State Supported Living Center and for one of the LIDDAs in the past in the local DFW area.  She is available for training sessions, mentoring, and assistance with your ICF program for your QIDP’s, QA staff, and ICF administrators.  Look for our live webinar sessions coming in the new year!  She will be assisting providers mostly off-site, but she may be able to come on-site for those in the DFW area.

 

If you missed our live webinar sessions last month:  “Best Practices For HCS Providers: How To Remain In Compliance With New TAC Rules” (Part I) Title 26 Part I Ch 565-Part I, II and III, the recorded sessions, handouts and sample tools are available for $55 per session.  Total cost is $165 for all three sessions. Please contact us if you would like to purchase any or all olf these training webinars.  We do have a variety of pre-recorded trainings for program managers, case managers and nurses,  so feel free to email us at info@twogetherconsulting.com to inquire.

Twogether Consulting has decided to wait on providing any new live webinars and trainings to providers til the end of January 2025.  Let us know what areas of training you would like.  We do have our free provider resource webinar for January posted on the website for January 30th, 2025 from noon-1pm.  Please check out our home page at www.twogetherconsulting.com and click on our training calendars for more information on next year’s live webinars and live training.

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

Remember that if you would like assistance from Twogether Consulting, please schedule your requests from us as soon as possible before the holidays.  We will be limited on availability during our holiday break.  You may email us or contact Meghan Jones below to schedule assistance from December 15th-January 15th, 2024. 

 Please feel free to e-mail us or contact Meghan Jones to schedule an appointment for consultation.  Please contact us directly for your care coordination, QIDP, and nursing needs 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 on-site live training at this time and live training is open to the public as well.
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.
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