DADS posted a number of news alerts since October 21. A sample:
— On November 3, 2011, from 12:30-2 p.m. CT, CMS will host a National Provider Call on “Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (PPS) Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 and Resource Utilization Group-Version 4 (RUG-IV) Policies and Clarifications.” Registration is required to attend this call.
— HHSC is expanding the STAR+PLUS Medicaid managed care delivery system into the Lubbock, El Paso, and Hidalgo service areas and will discontinue enrolling providers for HCSSA, CDS, AL/RC, AFC, and ERS (all for CBA) contracts.
— DADS provided responses to FAQs received during the CLASS Monitoring Tools Webinar held on October 5, 2011.
— DADS will hold two public work sessions on Thursday, November 17, 2011, in the John H. Winters Public Hearing Room, 701 W. 51st Street, Austin, to discuss ideas for reducing administrative costs in HCS, TxHmL, and ICF programs. An excerpt:
DADS welcomes your ideas for reducing administrative cost and requirements in these programs. To facilitate discussion, please complete and return one or more of the linked Microsoft Word forms by 5:00 p.m., Friday, November 4, 2011. DADS will compile the ideas and review them during the work sessions:
Please complete and return your survey(s) to DADS by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 4, 2011, using one of the following methods:
- send an email to jose.saenz@dads.state.tx.us with the subject line of Ideas for Reducing Administrative Requirements;
- send to Jose Chema Saenz, Manager, Stakeholder Relations Unit, CCEA, DADS, MC W-623, P.O. Box 149030, Austin, Texas 78714-9030; or
- send a fax to 512-438-3884 with attention to Jose Chema Saenz, DADS Stakeholder Relations.
See the news alert page for more information.
