Information Letter No. 18-05: Effective the date of this letter, registration for the FMSA enrollment training will be available by invitation only. The purpose of this letter is to notify current and prospective financial management services agencies (FMSAs) of changes to the FMSA enrollment training process. INVITATIONS TO REGISTER Invitations for registration will be extended only to FMSA contract applicants who have initiated the contract application process with HHSC or an MCO in order … [Read more...] about Invitation Only. New changes to the FMSA enrollment training process
Program Providers and Local Authorities No Longer Need to Request Backdating of an Overdue Renewal Individual Plan of Care
Program Providers and Local Authorities No Longer Need to Request Backdating of an Overdue Renewal Individual Plan of Care Information Letter 14-54 informs Home and Community-based Services (HCS) and Texas Home Living (TxHmL) program providers, Local Authorities (LAs), and Financial Management Services Agencies (FMSAs) that the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) is implementing a functional change in the Client Assignment and REgistration (CARE) system. With this change, a … [Read more...] about Program Providers and Local Authorities No Longer Need to Request Backdating of an Overdue Renewal Individual Plan of Care
Billing Process for Long-Term Services and Supports Providers Transitioning to STAR+PLUS
DADS has issued Information Letter 14-49 titled Billing Process for Long-Term Services and Supports Providers Transitioning to STAR+PLUS. The Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is expanding the STAR+PLUS Medicaid managed care program to the existing Medicaid Rural Service Areas (MRSAs) including West, Central, and Northeast Texas. With this expansion, most individuals who are age 65 or older or who have a disability will get their basic health services (acute care), and … [Read more...] about Billing Process for Long-Term Services and Supports Providers Transitioning to STAR+PLUS
Implementation of Consumer Directed Services Nursing in the Home and Community-based Services Programs
DADS has issued Information Letter No. 14-42. This information letter is to inform Home and Community-based Services (HCS) providers, local authorities (LAs), financial management services agencies (FMSAs) and consumer directed service (CDS) employers that, effective August 1, 2014, individuals may, as described in this letter, choose to receive nursing services through the CDS option. Except as described in the paragraph below, an individual who does not receive supervised living, … [Read more...] about Implementation of Consumer Directed Services Nursing in the Home and Community-based Services Programs
Expansion of Medicaid Acute Care Services
Information Letter 14-41 - Expansion of Medicaid Acute Care Services – Provision of Day Activity and Health Services and Primary Home Care for Individuals in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Waivers - In accordance with the provisions of Senate Bill 7, 83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, many individuals receiving long term services and support (LTSS) through the Home and Community-based Services (HCS), Texas Home Living (TxHmL), Community Living Assistance and Support … [Read more...] about Expansion of Medicaid Acute Care Services
Maintaining Continuously Current Waiver Program Eligibility
Information Letter 14-26 The purpose of this Information Letter (IL) is to provide information and recommendations for Deaf Blind with Multiple Disabilities (DBMD) program providers regarding maintaining 1) continuously current level of care (LOC) authorizations through approved Intellectual Disability/Related Conditions (ID/RC) forms, 2) continuously current service authorizations through approved Individual Plans of Care (IPCs), and 3) continuously current financial eligibility for all … [Read more...] about Maintaining Continuously Current Waiver Program Eligibility
Maintaining Continuously Current Waiver Program Eligibility – HCS
Information Letter 14-27 - The purpose of this Information Letter (IL) is to provide information and recommendations for Home and Community-based Services (HCS) program providers and local authorities (LAs) regarding maintaining 1) continuously current level of care (LOC) authorizations through approved Intellectual Disability/Related Conditions (ID/RC) forms, 2) continuously current service authorizations through approved Individual Plans of Care (IPCs), and 3) continuously current … [Read more...] about Maintaining Continuously Current Waiver Program Eligibility – HCS
Maintaining Continuously Current Waiver Program Eligibility
DADS has issued Information Letter 14-25 - The purpose of this Information Letter (IL) is to provide information and recommendations for Community Living Assistance and Support Services (CLASS) Case Management Agencies (CMAs) and Direct Services Agencies (DSAs) regarding maintaining 1) continuously current level of care (LOC) authorizations through approved Intellectual Disability/Related Conditions (ID/RC) forms, 2) continuously current service authorizations through approved Individual … [Read more...] about Maintaining Continuously Current Waiver Program Eligibility
Expansion of the STAR+PLUS Medicaid Managed Care Program to the Medicaid Rural Service Areas
DADS has issued the following Information Letter(s): Information Letter No. 14-23: Expansion of the STAR+PLUS Medicaid Managed Care Program to the Medicaid Rural Service Areas The Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is expanding the STAR+PLUS Medicaid managed care program to the existing Medicaid Rural Service Areas (Medicaid RSAs) including West, Central, and Northeast Texas. With this expansion, most individuals who are older or who have a disability will get their basic health … [Read more...] about Expansion of the STAR+PLUS Medicaid Managed Care Program to the Medicaid Rural Service Areas
Consumer Directed Services Budget Workbook Revisions to Accommodate Rate Changes for the CBA Program
The purpose of the letter is to provide direction to Financial Management Services Agencies (FMSAs) on updating Consumer Directed Services (CDS) employers’ budgets to accommodate the new payment rate, effective March 1, 2014, for Community Based Alternatives (CBA) Personal Assistance Services (PAS). The Health and Human Services Commission approved rate can be found in Information Letter No. 14- 16. The rate change for CBA PAS requires a service authorization change. By May 30, 2014, the … [Read more...] about Consumer Directed Services Budget Workbook Revisions to Accommodate Rate Changes for the CBA Program
