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Home and Community Support Services Agencies (HCSSA)
Home and community support services agencies (HCSSAs) provide services such as
- nursing;
- physical, occupational, speech, respiratory or intravenous therapy;
- social services;
- dialysis;
- personal assistance services;
- nutritional counseling; and
- terminal and palliative care (through hospice agencies)
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.
Attention: Applicants seeking an initial parent or branch license to provide licensed and certified home health services (authorization to provide services to Medicare beneficiaries) should read Provider Letter 11-03 – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Direction regarding Workload Prioritization (Replaces PLs #07-17 and #07-04) and Provider Letter (PL) #11-04 - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Direction Regarding Workload Prioritization (Replaces PL #07-18 and #07-15).
Communications
News & Alerts
Letters [Provider (PL) and Information (IL)]
| Number |
Title |
Date |
| PL 2013-20/IL 2013-24
PDF
|
Documenting Delivery of Non-Delegated Tasks by Unlicensed Persons
|
05/15/2013 |
| IL 2013-25
PDF
|
Contract and Fiscal Compliance Monitoring Implementation of Intermittent Monitoring - Effective Date June 1, 2013
|
05/03/2013 |
| IL 2013-19
PDF
|
Contract Re-Enrollment and Required Use of the Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) System in Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) EVV Counties
|
04/10/2013 |
| IL 2013-18
PDF
|
Pre-filling Medication Planners
|
04/02/2013 |
| PL 2013-06
PDF
|
Senate Bill (SB) 223 and House Bill (HB) 1720 Rule Revision to 40 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 97
|
03/12/2013 |
All provider letters for HCSSAs
Federal Survey and Certification (S&C) Letters
(five most recent displayed)
| Number |
Title |
Contact
Memo |
Date |
|
13-31
PDF
|
Cost Allocations for Surveys of Home Health Agencies (HHAs) |
N/A |
05/17/2013 |
|
13-30
PDF
|
Utilizing the US Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) American FactFinder 2010 Census Data for Rural Area Location Determinations - Hospital Swing Beds & Rural Health Clinics (RHC) |
N/A |
05/10/2013 |
|
13-28
PDF
|
Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) Nomenclature Change (Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional (QIDP) |
N/A |
05/03/2013 |
|
13-27
PDF
|
Update of State Operations Manual (SOM) Chapter 5, Complaint Investigation |
N/A |
04/22/2013 |
|
13-24
PDF
|
Report of the National Background Check Program (NBCP) Long-Term Care (LTC) Criminal Convictions Work Group |
N/A |
04/12/2013 |
All S&C Letters
State Survey and Certification Clarification (S&CC) Memos
(five most recent displayed)
| 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 |
All S&CC Memos
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:
April 19, 2013
