TX Register Updates: Military Spouses, Denying Licenses

The following information appeared in the January 13 issue of the Texas Register. Public Notices HHSC adopted a new per diem payment rate for the Tyler state-owned veterans nursing facility: $237.00. HHSC intends to submit to CMS a request to amend the Youth Empowerment Services waiver to expand the geographical area of the waiver to [...]

TX Register: Medical Board Updates

The following information was obtained from the December 16 issue of the Texas Register. Public Notice HHSC intends to submit an amendment to the Texas State Plan for Medical Assistance to update the current plan with recent fee schedule updates, including fees for new services and modified fees for existing services. See the Texas Register [...]

TX Register Updates: Texas Medical Board Changes

The following information was obtained from the December 9 issue of the Texas Register. Public Notice HHSC announced the renewal of a contract with Software Contract Solutions, Inc. to provide a resource for investigating all facets of information technology software issues that impact price, cost savings measures, risk exposure, and overall total cost of ownership. [...]

TX Register Updates: Nursing, Medical Board Changes

The following information was obtained from the November 25 issue of the Texas Register: Public Notices HHSC intends to submit to CMS a request to amend the Non-Emergency Medical Transportation waiver program, which would add Colorado, Erath, Palo Pinto, and Somerville counties to the waiver to realign the counties in the full-risk broker model areas [...]

Recent Reforms to the Texas Medical Board Disciplinary Process

Effective September 1, 2011, House Bill 680 moderately reforms the disciplinary process of the Texas Medical Board (“TMB”). The key points of the reform are listed below. Anonymous complaints: The TMB will no longer accept anonymous complaints. “Anonymous” is defined as a complaint that “lacks sufficient information to identify the source or the name of [...]

TX Register Updates: Medical Board Changes

The following information was obtained from the September 16 issue of the Texas Register: Public Notice HHSC intends to submit transmittal number 11-045 to the Texas State Plan for Medical Assistance, which would limit payments for Medicare Part B services provided to dual eligibles to no more than the Medicaid payment amount for the same [...]

TX Register Updates: Medical Board Fees, Cease and Desist Orders

The following was obtained from the September 9 issue of the Texas Register: Public Notices HHSC adopted new per diem payment rates for the non-state operated ICF/MR, which can be found here. HHSC also intends to submit amendments to the Texas State Plan for Medical Assistance to modify the reimbursement methodologies as a result of [...]

TX Register Updates: Medicaid Fees

The following was obtained from the August 19 issue of the Texas Register: Public Notices HHSC intends to submit amendments to the Texas State Plan for Medical Assistance, which would modify the reimbursement methodologies and reduce Medicaid fees as detailed below: Birthing Centers: 5 percent Case Management for Children and Pregnant Women: 5 percent Durable [...]

TX Register Updates: Fee Changes, Nursing Licensure

The following information was obtained from the July 22 issue of the Texas Register: Public Notices HHSC intends to submit an amendment to the Texas State Plan for Medical Assistance, which would remove the annual settlement process and establish a prospective and uniform statewide reimbursement rate for the Texas Medicaid State Plan for Case Management [...]

TX Register Updates: Hearing, Area Agencies on Aging Changes

The following information was obtained from the April 1 issue of the Texas Register: Public Hearing HHSC will hold a public hearing on April 20, 2011, at 2 p.m., to receive comment on proposed Medicaid payment rates for the Blind Children’s Vocational Discovery and Development Program. The public hearing will be held in the Permian [...]

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