Information Letters: ICF/MR, NF Administrators, MDCP

DADS released four information letters:
NF Administrators:
DADS Quality Assurance and Improvement unit is conducting the annual Nursing Facility Quality Review evaluations of care delivered to nursing facility residents. DADS has contracted with Nurse Aide Competency Evaluation Service Plus Foundation, Inc., to conduct the 2010 evaluations of individuals residing in nursing facilities. (Letter)
ICF/MR:
DADS clarified the transportation requirements [...]

Information Letters: LVN/RN Form 3050, Etc.

DADS released three information letters:
Hospice providers:
DADS sent a corrected letter that notifies these providers that they can bill for ventilator services provided to residents in nursing facilities. In the attached letter, the corrections are indicated in red. (Letter)
Day Activity Health Services providers:
DADS determined that either an LVN or an RN can complete and sign the [...]

Information Letters: Transfer Case Management Function, Cost Reporting

HCS:
DADS proposes to transfer case management function, currently performed by HCS program providers, to Mental Retardation Authorities, as required by the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act, effective June 1, 2010. (Letter)
An excerpt:
“Effective the date of this letter, a program provider is not required to provide case management using only employees of the program provider (that is, [...]

Provider Letter: ICFs/MR Reporting Deaths

DADS alerted ICFs/MR to Chapter 49 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, which requires these providers to report the death of an individual to certain governmental entities under the circumstances described in the statute, specifically, Articles 49.04, 49.24 and 49.25. (Letter)
If an attending physician is able to certify the cause of death, it does [...]

Information and Provider Letters: Under-21 Individuals, Etc.

DADS released one provider and eight information letters.
CLASS program and CDSAs for CLASS:
DADS changed a policy for these providers. Individuals under the age of 21 may receive Personal Care Services from Medicaid Children’s Services administered through the Department of State Health Services while receiving services through the CLASS program. (Letter)
ICFs/MR:
These providers must submit DADS [...]

Information Letters: NFs, ICFs/MR, HCSSAs, Etc.

DADS released six information letters, including three for nursing facilities.
NFs:
DADS reminded NFs that Texas Government Code section 531.153 requires that providers develop a permanency plan for an individual under age 22 who resides in an institution. Section 531.154 also requires a nursing facility to notify, within three days of a child’s admission to the facility: [...]

Information Letters: New Hospice Rates, Employment Svcs Training

DADS released two information letters.
Medicaid Hospice Providers:
HHSC recently approved rate changes for the Medicaid Hospice Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2010, effective October 1, 2009. See new rates on this web page. The adjustment will be retroactive, so providers don’t have to do anything, unless repayment fails. In that case, they’ll need to re-bill the [...]

Information Letter and Alert: No Auto Increase for COLA, Q&A

DADS released an information letter and a news alert.
Medicaid NFs and ICFs/MR:
For 2010, there will be no automatic increase for COLA for Medicaid consumers with SSI, because there was no increase in the CPI-W from the third quarter of 2008 to the third quarter of 2009. (Letter)
News alert:
During its stakeholder meeting for [...]

Information Letter and Alert: No Auto Increase for COLA, Q&A

DADS released an information letter and a news alert.
Medicaid NFs and ICFs/MR:
For 2010, there will be no automatic increase for COLA for Medicaid consumers with SSI, because there was no increase in the CPI-W from the third quarter of 2008 to the third quarter of 2009. (Letter)
News alert:
During its stakeholder meeting for Case Management and [...]

Information Letters: CBA, ICM, PC 3, CWP, NFs, and Others

DADS released four information letters:
CBA, ICM, and PC 3 providers: The new payment rate for these providers is $69.82, effective September 1, 2009. See other rates at this link. (Letter)
CWP providers: Rates for all CWP services except 24-Hour Residential Habilitation are effective September 1, 2009. Rates for CWP 24-Hour Residential Habilitation are effective October 1, [...]

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