The holiday season is approaching, and some of the people served at these HHSC facilities will be spending the holidays away from their loved ones. Because state funding cannot be used to purchase ...

Jennifer Buaas is the deputy chief information officer of Customer Service Management for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. She oversees the project management, service management, ...

Lisa Glenn is the deputy chief policy and regulatory officer for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. She leads initiatives and operational improvements, implements the Chief Policy and ...

The Youth Empowerment Services Waiver is a 1915(c) Medicaid program that helps children and youth with serious mental, emotional and behavioral difficulties. The YES Waiver provides intensive services ...

At your service planning meeting, you and your interdisciplinary team (IDT) will decide if you need nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy or speech/hearing therapy. The service planning ...

Down Syndrome Awareness Month in October is the perfect time to learn more about the most common chromosomal condition in the United States. About 5,700 babies are born and diagnosed with Down ...

This year’s guest speaker is Tam Cummings, PhD. Dr. Cummings helps people to understand the underlying causes of dementia and how those causes will affect the progression of the diseased. Continuing ...

Effective Oct. 16, HHSC moved the News and Information and the Provider Letter content to new locations on the Long-Term Care Regulation (LTCR) Provider webpages. This change to the LTCR Provider ...

The HHSC Joint Training unit will host its annual Intermediate Care Facility Conference webinar, “Embracing Change to Enhance Value,” on Dec. 5. This daylong virtual conference is for providers and ...

The grace period that allowed nurse aides, medication aides, nursing facility administrators and Nurse Aide Training Competency Evaluation Programs to continue with an expired status is ending on Nov.

The current emergency communication system (Connect) for long-term care providers will end on Oct. 31 and will be replaced by the new system (AlertMedia), which is anticipated to go live no later than ...

National Family Caregivers Month in November is a time to recognize the dedicated people across Texas and beyond who provide care to their loved ones. There are 3.1 million caregivers (PDF) in Texas ...