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Public Rate Hearing on May 2, 2025 – Rate Packets Now Available

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HHSC Provider Finance Department (PFD) Long Term Services and Support (LTSS) will hold its Public Rate Hearing on Proposed State Fiscal Year 2025 Interim Medicaid Reimbursement Rates for the State Veterans Nursing Homes, Effective Retroactive to Sep. 1, 2024, on May 2, 2025, at 9 a.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT).

This rate hearing will be conducted both in-person and as an online event. To attend this online meeting, register for the hearing. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

You can also dial in on your phone. To do so, you must register by following the link above. You will then be provided dial-in instructions, including an audio PIN. The audio PIN must be entered to speak over phone audio during the hearing.

Rate Packets Now Available

The rate hearing packets were posted on the PFD website on April 15, 2025. The hearing will receive public testimony on the proposed Medicaid Rates for the Tuskegee Airmen Texas State Veterans Home Effective Sep. 1, 2024.

Public Notice and Testimony

The notice for the rate hearing will be published in the April 18, 2025, issue of the Texas Register and posted to the HHSC website on April 9, 2025. Unless otherwise noted in the notice and the rate hearing packets, written comments regarding the proposed payment rates may be submitted instead of, or in addition to, oral testimony until 5 p.m. (CDT) on the day of the hearing. Written comments may be sent by U.S. mail, overnight mail, special delivery mail, fax, or email, as follows:

U.S. Mail:

Texas Health and Human Services Commission 
Attention: Provider Finance, Mail Code H-400 
P.O. Box 149030 
Austin, Texas 78714-9030

Overnight Mail or Special Delivery Mail:

Texas Health and Human Services Commission 
Attention: Provider Finance, Mail Code H-400 
North Austin Complex 4601 Guadalupe St. 
Austin, Texas 78751

Phone number for package delivery: (512) 730-7401

Fax:

Attention: Provider Finance at (512) 730-7475

Email:

Long Term Support Services – PFD-LTSS@hhs.texas.gov

Persons with disabilities who wish to participate in the hearing and require auxiliary aids or services should contact Provider Finance at (512) 730-7401 at least 72 hours before the hearing so appropriate arrangements can be made.

Preferred Communication

If possible, use email or phone for communication with HHSC related to this rate hearing for the quickest response.

Forward this information to providers and organizations in your programs as appropriate. If you have any questions about this rate hearing, email PFD-LTSS.