Letter To Providers From Twogether Consulting: March 31st, 2025

by | Apr 1, 2025

March 31st, 2025

From Twogether Consulting!

Hello Everyone!

Texas wildflowers are finally here!  We got some much-needed rain across the state.  For the providers in the Harlingen and McAllen area, I know there was some extreme flooding and we hope you and your individuals are safe.  Don’t forget to include: floods and tornadoes to your emergency procedures.  In addition, you should consider all the hazards in your area during the year, when you are developing or revising your policies and procedures. Complete a Hazards Valuation Assessment initially and annually and/or as needed.

Our webinar  “HCS Survey Process:  What To Expect & Tools For Prevention of Violations” 2025 was an awesome success today.  We would like to send out a big thank you to all our attendees, as well as Sheila Hanson/IDD Consultant for being our co-presenter.

Join us for our live 2-day Case Management training sessions in Dallas.  Dallas Metro Care will be our host for this training on May 20th & 21st, 2025.  Office Location: 1881 Sylvan Ave. (Ste. 150) Dallas, Tx.  Seating is limited, so please contact Megan Jones as soon as possible: meghanjones.tx@gmail.com  if you want to sign up. You can ask Meghan for an invoice or use this “Quick Pay Button” to purchase this 2-day live training.  $275/person for both days

For more Topics, please see the calendars posted on the website.. www.twogetherconsulting.com

Twogether Consulting has a few “pop-up” live last-minute webinars for HCS/TxHmL nurses for April. The first session we have available is:  “Development of The Comprehensive Nursing Assessment & Nursing Service Plan” (HCS/TxHmL) on April 2nd, 2025 1:00pm-3:30am.   The 2nd session is  “Nursing Documentation & Billing Requirements: HCS” on April 7th from 10am-11:30 am. Cost is $65/person, per session.  Please click on this link to email us ASAP if you would like to attend.  These sessions are NOT POSTED on the website!

We plan on adding some live training sessions for Nurses in HCS/TxHmL programs in the Houston or Austin area soon. Please give us some feedback on what location and what nursing topics you are interested in: You may email us at: info@twogetherconsulting.com 

We do 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