Presentation to Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Emergency Preparedness Interim Charge. The report provides an update on measures taken by HHSC to administer the Rural Hospital Grant ...

The Youth Empowerment Services Waiver is a 1915(c) Medicaid program that helps children and youth with serious mental, emotional and behavioral difficulties. The YES Waiver provides intensive services ...

At your service planning meeting, you and your interdisciplinary team (IDT) will decide if you need nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy or speech/hearing therapy. The service planning ...

Down Syndrome Awareness Month in October is the perfect time to learn more about the most common chromosomal condition in the United States. About 5,700 babies are born and diagnosed with Down ...

To let the public know about a rulemaking action – such as new, amended or repealed rules – HHS publishes a notice in the Texas Register, a publication of the Texas Secretary of State. Interested ...

Effective Oct. 16, HHSC moved the News and Information and the Provider Letter content to new locations on the Long-Term Care Regulation (LTCR) Provider webpages. This change to the LTCR Provider ...

This year’s guest speaker is Tam Cummings, PhD. Dr. Cummings helps people to understand the underlying causes of dementia and how those causes will affect the progression of the diseased. Continuing ...

HHSC has published proposed rule changes for Chapter 745, Licensing in the Texas Register. The public comment period for this rule project is Oct. 25 through Nov. 25. Visit the Texas Register to see ...

The HHSC Joint Training unit will host its annual Intermediate Care Facility Conference webinar, “Embracing Change to Enhance Value,” on Dec. 5. This daylong virtual conference is for providers and ...

The grace period that allowed nurse aides, medication aides, nursing facility administrators and Nurse Aide Training Competency Evaluation Programs to continue with an expired status is ending on Nov.

The current emergency communication system (Connect) for long-term care providers will end on Oct. 31 and will be replaced by the new system (AlertMedia), which is anticipated to go live no later than ...

The timeframe to submit for annual vendor approval is Nov.1, 2024 through Jan. 31, 2025. Required documentation for annual vendor requests are in the HCS (PDF) and TxHmL (PDF) Billing Requirements, ...