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Hospice
Hospice is a program of palliative care consisting of medical, social and support services to terminally ill patients, when curative treatment is no longer possible. | Read more
Attention: Applicants seeking an initial parent or alternate delivery site license to provide licensed and certified hospice services (authorization to provide services to Medicare beneficiaries) should read Provider Letter #07-18, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Direction Regarding Workload Prioritization.
Communications
News & Alerts
- Opportunity to Contract with DADS to Become a Service Provider for the Deaf Blind with Multiple Disabilities (DBMD) Program in Region 6 (May 22, 2013)
- HCSSA Stakeholders Meeting to be held June 21, 2013 in Austin (May 6, 2013)
- New Appendix - DADS Contract Management (Apr 26, 2013)
- Medicaid Buy-In: Applying is now easier (Feb 14, 2013)
- New Policy -- Service Backup Plan (Feb 4, 2013)
- Previous alerts
| Number | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PL 2013-16 PDF | Ashtrays of Noncombustible Material and Safe Design (Replaces Provider Letter 11-13) | 04/22/2013 |
| PL 2013-01 PDF | Renovations that Pose a Potential Risk of Asbestos Exposure | 03/14/2013 |
| IL 2013-13 PDF | Cost Avoidance Update - Medicare Supplemental Insurance Policies | 03/11/2013 |
| IL 2013-10 PDF | Cost Avoidance Project - New Report Available | 02/20/2013 |
| IL 2013-09 PDF | Implementation of the Cost Avoidance Project - February 22, 2013 | 02/20/2013 |
All provider letters for Hospice Services
| Number | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-02 PDF | Referrals to an Incident-based Nursing Peer Review Committee (NPRC) or the Texas Board of Nursing (BON) (Replaces S&CC 02-17) | 03/27/2013 |
| 2013-01 PDF | Conflict of Interest Protocol Regarding State Supported Living Center Survey and Certification Procedures (Replaces S&CC 07-01) | 03/27/2013 |
| 2013-03 PDF | Guidelines for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Policy | 03/21/2013 |
| 2012-01 PDF | Person First Respectful Language | 07/09/2012 |
| 2011-08 PDF | Transferring Liquid Oxygen from One Container to Another (Replaces S&CC 03-16) | 12/23/2011 |
| 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 |
Updated: April 19, 2013