— DADS will host four culture change symposia for NFs in 2012:
- Lubbock – Wednesday, August 22, Holiday Inn Lubbock – Hotel and Towers
- Dallas – Friday, August 24, Westin Park Central
- San Antonio – Tuesday, November 13, Sheraton Gunter Hotel
- Houston – Thursday, November 15, Houston Marriott Westchase
— DADS issued an alert to providers and other qualified entities interested in becoming DBMD residential services providers in Region 7, the Austin area. Contract information: Paul Straka, Community Services Contracts, at 512-438-3460 or email at paul.straka@dads.state.tx.us.
— A Region 2, 9, and 10 NF provider meeting will be held in El Paso on July 11, 2012, from 9-3 p.m. Please register to attend at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N5FS2DF
— A Region 6 ICF/IID provider meeting will be held in Houston on August 7, 2012, from 1-4 p.m. Guest speakers include Barbie Blankenship, DADS ICF/IID state office policy specialist. You may pre-register here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/B5T2QHH.
— The results of the CMS monitoring of SNF policy changes are posted on the SNF web page.
See the news page for more information about these and other alerts.
