The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) issued four information letters:
The Texas Medicaid Hospice Program Standards Handbook has been revised to reflect Texas Index for Level of Effort to Resource Utilization Group changes. For more information, download the letter.
DADS notified Community Based Alternatives (CBA), Home and Community Support Services Agencies (HCSSA), and Primary Home Care Provider Agencies that it’s repealing the rule at §49.43, which was implemented in the early 1980s to expedite claims for eligible provider agencies delivering personal assistance services. For more information, download the letter.
In a letter to CBA, HCSSAs, Integrated Care Management Providers, Consolidated Waiver Program Providers, Deaf-Blind with Multiple Disabilities Providers, Primary Home Care Providers, and Service Responsibility Options Providers, DADS followed up a previous letter concerning the Office of Inspector General Review of Personal Assistance Services. DADS will implement changes to clarify duplicate billing assumptions. Download the two-page letter for more information.
In a letter to Home and Community-based Services (HCS) Providers and Texas Home Living (TxHmL) Program Providers, DADS clarified the professional disciplines considered qualified providers of behavioral support services in the HCS and TxHmL Programs. For more information, download the letter.
