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

by | Jun 30, 2025

June 30th, 2025

From Twogether Consulting!

Hello Everyone!

The year is flying by, and the 4th of July is already nearly here.  I hope there are plenty of fun activities planned for this Friday and the weekend!

Don’t forget that hurricane preparedness sessions are still available from HHSC. They have several sessions to assist HCS/TxHmL/ISS/ICF providers.  We do have a few live webinars for July 2025- “Completing ICAPs & IDRCs and Understanding LONs” as well as “Requesting Adaptive Aids, Minor Home Modifications, & Dental Services in The HCS Program”. 

Twogether Consulting, along with Nursing Innovations, will be hosting a 3-day live training HCS training session in San Antonio, Tx, towards the end of August.. The session will be 3 days, and providers will be able to choose which days they want to attend or pay for all days for a discounted rate.    We will have more details posted on the website in the near future.  Twogether Consulting will keep you posted, or you can check out our home page on the website for current calendar events.  We are still available for facility and 1 on 1 requests for webinars and live training in July.  Remember that you can view all calendar postings on our Twogether Consulting website. 

Twogether Consulting is pleased to have hosted Rachel Hopkins, Program Director of Healthcare Services at Molina HealthCare of Texas as our guest presenter today for our “Free IDD Provider & Family Resource Webinar” on June 30th, 2025, from noon to 1 pm. Rachel is also a certified Person- Centered Thinking Trainer. Rachael did a great job of explaining STAR+PLUS services and how the MCOs work with providers and LIDDAs as well as some of the value-added benefits specifically provided by Molina Healthcare of Texas. This session provided other information as well about STAR+PLUS Medicaid program, including its healthcare benefits, service coordination teams, and collaboration with IDD Providers and LIDDAs. We had a good amount of questions, and I appreciate the time she spent with our attendees after the presentation. We have posted a link to the recorded session on our gotostage channel as well as Twogether’s FB page and my Linkedin page.  Please feel free to share.

Molina Healthcare of Texas- PPT handout

This August, Twogether Consulting will host Disability Rights of Texas as our next presenter in our “Free IDD Resource Webinar” series.

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, (some CLASS as well) and we also provide some consultation for AMH-HCBS and YES Waiver.  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, and we can assist with applying to become an AMH-HCBS or YES 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