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Medicaid Administrative Claiming
Training Information for ECI

TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:

To participate in Medicaid Administrative Claiming (MAC) attendance of the following training is mandatory:

MAC Financial Training; and
Random Moment Time Study (RMTS) training.

Training is conducted by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC).

Provider entities must attend required training each federal fiscal year (FFY). FFY is defined as October 1 through September 30.

Failure to meet annual training requirements will impact the provider's ability to draw federal funding for MAC eligible services.

It is the responsibility of each provider to ensure one or more of their designated Contacts attend training. HHSC strongly recommends that each provider entity require at least two Contacts attend the required training to ensure compliance should employee turnover occur.

Access to the necessary online MAC financial and RMTS systems will be limited to VIEW-ONLY until such time that mandatory training requirements are met.

ANNUAL TRAINING OVERVIEW:

MAC Financial Training

Beginning with FFY 2012, MAC financial training will be held separate from RMTS training. It will be mandatory for the MAC Financial Contact to attend the separate MAC financial training each FFY in order to be granted access to the online MAC financial for that FFY. MAC overviews may be presented at other related training sessions however, attendance of the mandatory MAC financial training is the only training that will grant the MAC Financial Contact full access to the online MAC financials.

Each MAC participating provider must designate a "Primary" MAC Financial Contact. HHSC strongly recommends that at least one "Secondary" MAC Financial Contact also be designated to ensure compliance should employee turnover occur.

View additional information regarding MAC Financial training

Random Moment Time Study (RMTS) Training

Participation in RMTS and compliance with all RMTS requirements is mandatory for participation in MAC.

Beginning with FFY 2012, RMTS training will be held separate from MAC financial training. It will be mandatory for the RMTS Contact to attend the separate RMTS training each FFY in order to be granted access to the online RMTS system for that FFY. RMTS overviews may be presented at other related training sessions however, attendance of the mandatory RMTS training is the only training that will grant the RMTS Contact access to the online RMTS system.

Each MAC participating provider must designate a "Primary" RMTS Contact. HHSC strongly recommends that at least one "Secondary" RMTS Contact also be designated to ensure compliance should employee turnover occur.

View additional information regarding RMTS training