The following information was obtained from the April 11 issue of the Texas Register:
Open Meetings and Notices
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has announced a hearing on proposed state-owned veterans nursing facility payment rates. The hearing is scheduled for May 6, 2008, at 9 a.m., in the Permian Basin Room of the HHSC, Braker Center, Building H, located at 11209 Metric Boulevard, Austin, Texas.
HHSC will conduct a public rate hearing to receive comment on proposed Medicaid payment rates for Freestanding Psychiatric Facilities. The hearing is scheduled for April 23, 2008, at 9 a.m. in the Lone Star Conference Room of the Braker Center, Building H, at 11209 Metric Boulevard, Austin, Texas 78758-4021.
HHSC has announced its intent to submit Transmittal Number 08-001, Amendment Number 805, to the Texas State Plan for Medical Assistance, under Title XIX of the Social Security Act. An excerpt:
The purpose of this amendment is to initiate a process by which the State will pay managed care organizations who have entered into a Medicare Risk Product Agreement with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), referred to as a “Medicare Advantage Health Plan,” or “MA Health Plan,” a monthly capitated payment in exchange for the MA Health Plan’s payment of the cost sharing obligations to health care service providers attributable to dual eligible members enrolled in the MA Health Plan’s Medicare risk product.
For details on where to send public comments for the hearings and information about the amendment, see the relevant section of the Texas Register.
