CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment (SPA) to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to allow the territory to consider individuals absent from the territory to continue to be residents; to provide rate increases for FQHC medical encounters rendered at government quarantine locations; to create payment methodology for local non-government dialysis centers in AS during the PHE period; to revise the payment methodology for off-island dialysis; and to revise payment methodology for transportation and related accommodations associated with return from off-island medical care.
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File 1 - Approval Document Media