On April 28, 2014, the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) and the Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) announced that several Texas PASRR changes are coming this summer to the PASRR (Preadmission Screening and Resident Review) process. An exact date for the changes has not been announced, but … Read More
Texas HHSC delays STAR+PLUS managed care transition to 2015
Sighs of relief can be heard all across Texas this week… The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) announced today they will postpone moving nursing facility residents into STAR+PLUS Medicaid managed care until Mar. 1, 2015. The goal is to allow additional time to address the concerns of facilities, … Read More
TMHP to automatically create PASRR PL1 screenings for residents with no PL1
SimpleCFS™ users take note: TMHP has announced that beginning Feb. 28, 2014, they will automatically generate new Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) PL1 Screening Forms for any Medicaid residents in your facility who have an active MDS 3.0 assessment but no corresponding PL1 Screening Form. At SimpleLTC, we’re pleased … Read More
Transitioning to Texas Medicaid managed care: What customers need to know
Late last year, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) announced that most Texas Medicaid long-term care services will transition to the STAR+PLUS managed care program in 2014. Starting on Sept. 1, 2014, approximately 60,000 Texas nursing facility residents will be transitioned from Fee-For-Service (FFS; traditional Medicaid) to STAR+PLUS … Read More
Texas HHSC Medicaid managed care information meetings underway
As our Texas customers are probably aware, Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) will be implementing several Medicaid initiatives related to changes to the STAR and STAR+PLUS Medicaid managed care programs. We’re betting you have questions. Like maybe… What kind of changes? What are STAR and STAR+PLUS? What are the … Read More