— DADS will hold an NF provider meeting for Regions 4 and 5 only on June 27, 2012, from 9-noon at the University of Texas at Tyler’s Ornelas Activity Center, 3402 Old Omen Road in Tyler. Registration deadline for this meeting is June 15, 2012: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZWRLK2S
— The Board of Nursing is hosting a webinar titled “The LVN Scope of Practice: What Every LVN, RN and Employer Should Know.” Registration information (PDF):
Webinars will be held from 11a.m. to Noon on the following days:
Friday, June 29, 2012, (deadline for registration is Friday, June 22, 2012)
Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 (deadline for registration is Friday, Aug. 17, 2012)
Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 (deadline for registration is Friday, Sept. 28, 2012)
— DADS is expanding UMR activities to include review of DAHS, effective June 1, 2012. DAHS providers may submit comments on the following:
Utilization review questions (PDF) planned for DAHS, and
Document Request form (PDF). Utilization review staff will use the form to request documents from the DAHS facility.
— DADS will hold an AL/ADC provider meting for Regions 4 and 5 only on June 27, 2012, from 2-4 p.m. at the University of Texas at Tyler’s Ornelas Activity Center, 3402 Old Omen Road in Tyler. Registration deadline is June 15, 2012: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XNGJ3VS
— DADS is soliciting volunteers to participate in Release 1 testing of the Single Service Authorization System (SSAS). Please visit the SSAS web site for more information.
— DADS is hosting the annual ICF/ID provider and surveyor conference for ICF/ID, direct support staff, DADS ICF/ID Regulatory staff, and other professionals who work with ICF/ID individuals.
August 29 & 30, 2012
Commons Conference Center
J.J. Pickle Research Campus
10100 Burnet Road
Austin, Texas
See the news alert page for more updates.