DADS released two information letters and several news alerts:
CDSA for CBA:
DADS has proposed to create two categories of personal assistance services in the CBA Program. The letter also outlines operational procedures for CDSAs. An excerpt:
PAS Category I is proposed to include tasks delegated by a registered nurse (RN) to an unlicensed attendant, health maintenance activities, and extension of therapy.
PAS Category II is proposed to include tasks that do not require delegation by an RN, such as assistance with activities of daily living, cleaning, laundry, shopping, escort, and protective supervision.
The proposed consumer directed services (CDS) service rates for PAS Categories I and II will remain the same as the current CDS CBA rate. The proposed financial management services (FMS) fee for CBA is lower than the current CBA FMS monthly fee. The rate packet for the proposed rates is available on the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) Rate Analysis webpage at http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/rad/rate-packets.shtml.
CBA and HCSSA:
DADS has proposed to create two categories of personal assistance services in the CBA Program. (Letter)
— The Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, Medicaid Infrastructure Grant and the Social Security Administration are co-hosting a Ticket to Work event on July 12, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza located at the Reliant Center, 8686 Kirby Drive, Houston, Texas. See the PDF attachment for more information: Ticket on the Road
— See the MDS web page for the latest notifications and updates.
— DADS will hold a public work session on Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at 9 a.m. in the John H. Winters Building Public Hearing Room, 701 W. 51st St., Austin, Texas. DADS asks providers to complete and return this form (DOC) by 9 a.m. on Monday, July 11, 2011.
— The Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies invites providers to participate in the 2011 Home Health and Hospice Care Nurse Staffing Survey to assess the size and effects of the nursing shortage in licensed and certified home health and hospice agencies in Texas. Providers may access more information at the WS HHCNSS website: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/chs/cnws/hhcnss.
Providers may begin the 2011 Home Health Care Nurse Staffing Survey at this link: http://2011HHCNSS.questionpro.com.
See the news alert page for details about each update.
