January 16th, 2025
From Twogether Consulting!
Howdy!
Hope everyone is well! Back to the grind for so many of us now that the holidays are over. Please be sure to check the HCS and ICF home pages on the HHSC website for any new changes in rules, regulations, news, provider letters, training opportunities and more. Remember that Employment Readiness Services kick in as of January 1st, 2025 on the IPC for HCS & TxHmL. See IL-2025-01.
Twogether Consulting will be offering HCS webinars again this February and some are posted in this newsletter and our website. We are happy to announce that we will also start offering ICF webinars again in February as well. Our newest edition, Jo Beth Collier will be our main presenter for the ICF sessions. She brings some incredible knowledge and years of expertise in the field and I am excited for her to be one of our webinar presenters. We plan to provide webinars for Administrators, QA staff, QIDP’s, Nurses and Direct Support Staff in the homes, so please click on our survey further down in the newsletter and give us your feedback on trainings you would like to see.
FYI- Remember that HCS/TxHmL Billing Guidelines were updated in January of 2025.
I will be setting up webinars for February for some possible live sessions in Houston and/or Austin. 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. Let us know what areas of training you would like, to help us plan future sessions.
We do have our free provider resource webinar for January with Dr. Amanda Frias, OT 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.
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, 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. 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