The following information was obtained from the October 15 issue of the Texas Register:
Public Notices
HHSC adopted a new Medicaid per diem payment rate for the Truman Smith Children’s Care Center in the amount of $219.69. HHSC also adopted the following Medicaid per diem reimbursement rates:
- Per Diem Rates for Large, State-Operated ICF/MR Services
Large State-Operated ICF/MR Facilities – Medicaid Only clients:
Adopted interim daily rate: $537.41 - Large State-Operated ICF/MR Facilities – Dual-eligible Medicaid/Medicare clients:
Adopted interim daily rate: $516.23 - Per Diem Rate for Small, State-Operated ICF/MR Services
Adopted interim daily rate: $603.64
For more information, see the Texas Register.
Proposed Rules
The Texas Medical Board proposed to amend §183.2, concerning Definitions, §183.15, concerning Use of Professional Titles and §183.20, concerning Continuing Acupuncture Education. The changes provide that an acupuncture needle includes a solid body dry needle; describes when and how a licensee may use additional professional titles in advertising and other related materials; and clarifies that to become an approved CAE provider, the provider must submit to the board evidence that the provider has three continuous years of previous experience providing at least one different CAE course in Texas in each of those years.
See the Texas Register for details.
