The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) has released a new provider letter with information on waivers for Hurricane Katrina evacuees. You may access it here (PDF).
This past September, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a waiver that allowed Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Texas to enroll in the waiver program through January 31, 2006. In response to providers’ questions about beneficiaries whose eligibility is expiring, DADS stated that individuals who want to remain in Texas and receive Medicaid services must file in Texas.
DADS also reminds nursing home and home health agencies to update their computers to support CMS’s mandated three-tiered architecture structure and use of new Quality Net approved reporting software. CMS transitions to the software this month. The letter is available at this link (PDF).