The following information was obtained from the August 15 and August 22 issues of the Texas Register:
Adopted Rules
HHSC adopted amendments to §355.307, Reimbursement Setting Methodology, §355.308, Direct Care Staff Rate Component, and §355.311 Medicaid Reimbursement Rates for State Veterans Homes, which will establish the reimbursement methodology for the Nursing Facility program, including Medicaid reimbursement rates for state veteran’s homes. See the relevant section of the Texas Register for details.
HHSC adopted a new §354.1189, concerning the implementation of an acute care Medicaid billing coordination system. The new section will implement §531.02413, Government Code, Billing Coordination System. This section will require HHSC to put into practice an acute care Medicaid billing coordination system for the fee-for-service and primary care case management delivery models. See the relevant section of the Texas Register for more information.
HHSC also adopts amendments to §355.8061, concerning payment for hospital services, and §355.8069, concerning supplemental payments to certain rural public hospitals, in Title 1, Part 15, Chapter 355, Subchapter J, Division 4, concerning Medicaid Hospital Services. The amendments would make changes to the Non-State-Owned Rural Public Hospital supplemental payment program. See the relevant section of the Texas Register for more information.
Public Notices
HHSC intends to submit to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services an amendment to the Community Living Assistance and Support Services (CLASS) waiver program, which sets the waiver cost limit for an individual in the CLASS program at 200 percent of the cost of serving similar individuals in an Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Mental Retardation. See the relevant section of the Texas Register for more information.
