What is a Nursing Facility?
The Nursing Facility program provides institutional care to individuals whose medical condition regularly requires the skills of licensed nurses. Nursing facility services are available to individuals who are Medicaid recipients or who wish to private pay for their care. The nursing facility must provide for the needs of each client, including room and board, social services, over-the-counter medications, medical supplies and equipment, and personal needs items.
A skilled nursing facility is a special facility or part of a hospital that provides medically necessary professional services from nurses, physical and occupational therapists, speech pathologists and audiologists. Skilled nursing facilities provide round-the-clock assistance with healthcare and activities of daily living. Skilled nursing facilities are used for short-term rehabilitative stays after an individual is released from a hospital.
A Hospital-based SNF is located in a hospital and provides skilled nursing care and rehabilitation services for people who have been discharged from that hospital but who are unable to return home right away. They do not accept general admissions.
COVID-19 Resources
- Nursing Facility COVID-19 Expansion of Reopening Visitation Emergency Rule (PDF)
- Expanded Visitation in Nursing Homes HHSC and CMS Guidance Table (PDF)
- Nursing Facility COVID-19 Response Emergency Rule (PDF)
- Nursing Facility CMS-Mandated COVID-19 Testing FAQs (PDF)
- Nursing Facility COVID-19 Testing Reimbursement FAQs (PDF)
- Nursing Facility COVID-19 Testing Frequently Asked Questions #2 (PDF)
- Nursing Facility COVID-19 Testing Frequently Asked Questions #1 (PDF)
- HHSC is providing nursing facilities with regularly updated Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19 (PDF).
- Nursing Facility COVID-19 Response Plan Guidance (PDF)
- Proper N95 Respirator Use for Respiratory Protection Preparedness
- Helping Residents with Dementia Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in LTC Communities (PDF)
- Strategies to Mitigate Healthcare Personnel Staffing Shortages
- Omnicare POC Testing FAQs for Healthcare Professionals (PDF)
Webinars
- October 21, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- October 14, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- October 7, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- September 30, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- September 23, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- September 16, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- September 9, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- September 2, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- August 26, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- August 19, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- August 12, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- August 5, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- July 30, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- July 23, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- July 17, 2020 – Special Issues in SNFs & NF During the COVID-19 Pandemic Webinar (PDF)
- July 16, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- July 9, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- July 2, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- June 25, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- June 18, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- June 12, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- June 5, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- May 29, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- May 22, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- May 15, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- May 8, 2020 - NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- May 1, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- April 24, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
- April 17, 2020 – NF COVID-19 Q&A Webinar (PDF)
Directories and Licensure and Regulation Tags
- Directory of all Texas nursing facilities (Excel)
- Directory of all Texas nursing facilities (PDF)
- Directory of all Hospital-based Texas nursing facilities (Excel)
- Directory of all Hospital-based Texas nursing facilities (PDF)
- Federal Licensure Tags (PDF)
- Regulation Tags (PDF)
