The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) has released four information letters and one provider letter:
- Initial HCSSA Administrator Training Approval
In a seven-page letter to Home and Community Support Services Agencies (HCSSAs), DADS described the initial process for becoming a DADS-approved provider of HCSSA training for administrators and alternative administrators, and to get listed as a provider. For details about administrator requirements, download the letter.
- Critical Incident Reporting
DADS reiterated the critical incident reporting requirement in Section II of the program Provider Agreement for Home and Community-based Service and Texas Home Living Program Providers. From the letter:
Providers must enter critical incident data in CARE screen 686 no later than 30 days from the end of the month being reported. If there are no critical incidents have occurred during a month, the provider will enter a zero (0) into the CARE screen for each critical incident category for that month.
For more information about the requirement, download the letter and five-page attachment.
- Submission of the Hospice Election Form 3071 and Physician Certification of Terminal Illness Form 3074
DADS informed Medicaid Hospice Providers about an updated list of regional contacts for the submission of hospice election and certification forms to Community Services, Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership, and Health and Human Services Commission Medicaid Eligibility staff. Download the letter for details.
- Changes to IBM Mainframe Security Settings
DADS informed Community Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Mental Retardation that IBM Mainframe password composition and history requirements have changed, effective June 8, 2008. Download the letter for details about the new password requirement.
DADS also informed Home and Community-Based Services Program Providers and Texas Home Living Program Providers about IBM Mainframe password change requirements, effective June 8, 2008. Download the letter for details.
