Home and Community Support Services Agencies (HCSSA)

Home and community support services agencies (HCSSAs) provide services such as

to individuals in a residence or independent living environment.

Hospice agencies and hospice inpatient facilities provide intervention services that focus primarily on the reduction or abatement of physical, psychological, or spiritual symptoms of a terminal illness for consumers. They also provide support services for consumers and their families. For more specific information about hospice, please visit the DADS hospice website.

Communications

Update: Region 7 HCSSA provider meeting cancelled (May 3, 2012)
Region 10 HCSSA Provider Meeting Scheduled for June 26, 2012 in El Paso (April 24, 2012)
Proposed Amendments to 40 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 97, Licensing Standards for Home and Community Support Services Agencies (April 16, 2012)
Region 4/5 HCSSA Provider Meetings to be held in Lufkin and Tyler (April 6, 2012)
Repeal of rules for certain Memoranda of Understanding (April 4, 2012)
Previous alerts

Letters [Provider (PL) and Information (IL)]
Number	Title	Date
IL 2012-20 - Revised PDF	Community Based Alternatives Dental Buffers - Revised	04/04/2012
PL 2012-18 PDF	Identifying Information Required on Licensure Applications (Replaces PL 07-10)	03/26/2012
IL 2012-18-Revised PDF	Medical Necessity and Level of Care 3.0 Assessment New Version (Revised: New Effective Date of May 1, 2012)	03/28/2012
IL 2012-16 PDF	Nursing Facility Diversion Procedures for Individuals at Imminent Risk of Nursing Facility Placement	02/21/2012
IL 2012-14 PDF	Monitored Medication Dispensing Units as an Adaptive Aid	02/21/2012

Federal Survey and Certification (S&C) Letters
(five most recent displayed)
Number	Title	Contact Memo	Date
12-29 PDF	Publication of Final Rule "Medicare and Medicaid Program; Regulatory Provisions to Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Reduction CMS-9070-F"	Memo	05/11/2012
12-27 PDF	Utilizing the US Bureau of the Census' (Census Bureau) American FactFinder Database when making a Rural Area Location Determination	Memo	04/20/2012
12-26 PDF	Home Health Survey and Certification Activities Related to Program Safeguards: Deactivation	Memo	04/06/2012
12-25 PDF	Revisions to the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Manual and Item	Memo	03/30/2012
12-23 PDF	Information: Reducing Avoidable Hospitalizations Among Nursing Facility Residents; State Survey Agency Director Role in Applications	Memo	03/16/2012

State Survey and Certification Clarification (S&CC) Memos
(five most recent displayed)
Number	Title	Date
2011-08 PDF	Transferring Liquid Oxygen from One Container to Another (Replaces S&CC 03-16)	12/23/2011
2011-05 PDF	Distinction between HCSSA Services and Babysitting/Child Care Services	11/21/2011
2011-04 PDF	Administrative Personnel Evaluations	09/20/2011
2011-01 PDF	Retention of Client Records and Electronic Health Records	09/19/2011
2011-06 PDF	Identifiers and Identifier Key (Replaces S&CC 04-17 and S&CC 06-01)	08/23/2011

Regional Survey and Certification (RS&C) Letters
(five most recent displayed)
Number	Title	Date
2012-04 PDF	CMS Region VI-Dallas Delegation of Notification of the Imposition and Starting Date of Optional Denial of Payment for New Admissions to the State Survey Agencies in Region VI	03/14/2012
2012-02 PDF	Procedural Instructions for Processing Certifications Concerning Legal Names and Doing Business as Names of Providers and Suppliers	02/17/2012
2012-01 PDF	Voluntary Termination and Related Processes	02/10/2012
2010-02 PDF	Documents for Processing Certification Actions for All Non-Long Term Care Providers/Suppliers (except ICFs/MR and Clinical Laboratories)	05/27/2010
2010-01 PDF	Processing of Potential Provider Requests for Exception to the Priority Assignment of Initial Surveys	03/02/2010

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Updated: March 21, 2012