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Long-Term Care & Home Health
Compliance for long-term care, nursing facilities, home health, and hospice (HCSSA) — coverage triggers under Chapter 331 and PL 2024-10 when the facility or agency employs two or more registered nurses.
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Long-Term Care & Home Health
HCSSA Annual WVP Plan Evaluation for Home Health
How a Texas home health or hospice agency runs the Chapter 331 annual workplace violence plan evaluation to its governing body — what to review, what to report, and how to document it.
9 min
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Family and Visitor Aggression in Long-Term Care
How Texas long-term care facilities manage aggressive family members and visitors as a workplace violence hazard — code-of-conduct policy, documentation, and survey-defensible response.
9 min
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Documenting Home-Based Workplace Violence Incidents
How Texas home health and hospice agencies capture field incidents and near-misses so the record survives an HCSSA survey — what to document, who reports, and how to trend it.
9 min
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Dementia, Delirium and Workplace Violence Documentation
How Texas long-term care facilities document dementia- and delirium-driven aggression as a recognized workplace violence hazard for a survey-defensible Chapter 331 program.
9 min
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Behavioral Care Plans as a Workplace Violence Control
How Texas long-term care facilities use individualized behavioral care plans to reduce resident-on-staff aggression — and document them as a worksite-analysis control under Chapter 331.
9 min
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Assisted Living Workplace Violence Compliance in Texas
Do Texas assisted living facilities fall under HSC Chapter 331? A coverage decision guide on the two-RN threshold, HHSC licensure, and building a survey-defensible WVP program.
9 min
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HCSSA PL 2024-10 WVP Program: The Step-by-Step Guide
The definitive guide to building a Chapter 331 workplace violence prevention program for Texas home health and hospice agencies under HHSC Provider Letter PL 2024-10.
11 min
Read article →Know where your program stands
A Survey-Readiness Audit scores your committee, plan, training, and governing-body reporting against every standard that applies to your facility — in one document.