Good news: Texas Medicaid MCO management just got easier Texas providers: Just in time for the Mar. 1 STAR+PLUS MCO managed care transition, we’ve made two significant enhancements to the SimpleCFS™ MESAV process. These changes will help you manage your residents’ MCO information and proactively protect your reimbursement under the … Read More
Less than 5 months until Texas Medicaid managed care transition
March 2015 is quickly approaching, which means that Texas nursing facilities have less than five months to complete their preparations for the transition from fee-for-service to Medicaid managed care (STAR+PLUS). The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) issued a bulletin this week reminding Texas facilities of the looming … Read More
New! Now you can view TMHP alerts within SimpleCFS
Texas Medicaid automation for skilled nursing facilities just got easier Providers who use SimpleCFS™ for Texas Medicaid MESAV, 3618/3619 and PASRR automation can now directly access all their TMHP electronic alerts from within SimpleCFS without the need to check the TMHP LTC Online Portal (TMHP portal). As you may know, … Read More
On-demand webinar: Texas PASRR Phase 2 changes
The PASRR Phase 2 training webinar recording and slides everyone is asking for are now available in the SimpleLTC PASRR Resource Center. Here’s the background Beginning June 27, 2014, all Texas nursing facilities became subject to new Phase 2 requirements for the Texas Medicaid PASSR Level 1 (PL1) process. Facilities … Read More
Texas Turmoil: What you need to know about the HHSC/TMHP/Xerox lawsuit
On May 9, the Texas Attorney General filed a lawsuit against Xerox, alleging that its subsidiary, the Texas Medicaid and Health Partnership (TMHP), allowed dentists to overbill for hundreds of millions of dollars in questionable Medicaid dental work. At the same time, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) … Read More