Is EVV required for Texas home health agencies?
Yes. Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) is required for all Medicaid-funded personal care and home health services in Texas under the 21st Century Cures Act. Texas HCSSAs that do not have compliant EVV for Medicaid visits risk payment clawback and HHSC compliance action.
What EVV requires in Texas
- Type of service provided
- Individual receiving the service
- Date of the service
- Location of the service delivery - GPS verified
- Individual providing the service
- Time the service begins and ends - tamper-resistant timestamps
EVV on the Quinable platform
Quinable has built-in EVV for every visit. GPS-verified clock-in and clock-out are captured automatically through the caregiver mobile app at the patient location. All six EVV data elements required by HHSC are captured and stored with tamper-resistant timestamps. Records are exportable on demand for payer reporting, survey preparation, and audit response.
The federal 21st Century Cures Act mandated EVV for all Medicaid-funded home health services nationally. Texas HHSC implemented this requirement through its EVV policy. Non-compliance can result in reimbursement penalties and HHSC corrective action.
EVV for non-Medicaid visits
EVV is federally required for Medicaid-funded visits. For private pay and other payer visits, EVV is not federally mandated - but the GPS documentation it creates is valuable for dispute resolution, care plan verification, and family transparency regardless of payer source.
EVV is required for Medicaid-funded home health visits in Texas. Quinable's built-in EVV captures all required data elements automatically at the point of care, generating compliant records without additional documentation burden on coordinators.
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