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Approved State Directed Payment Preprints

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicaid managed care regulations at 42 C.F.R. § 438 govern how states may direct plan expenditures in connection with implementing delivery system and provider payment initiatives under Medicaid managed care contracts. CMS began reviews of state directed payment arrangements beginning with contract rating periods on or after July 1, 2017. For more information on state directed payments, please visit our Guidance Page. Persons with disabilities having problems accessing the Preprint PDF files may call 410-786-0429 for assistance.

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Massachusetts

Minimum fee schedule for psychiatric services for enrollees under the age of 21 with Autism Spectrum Disorder or Intellectual or Developmental Disability (ASD/IDD) for the rating period covering January 1, 2023 through September 30, 2023, provided by the state’s Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan (PIHP), incorporated in the capitation rates through a risk-based rate adjustment.

Approval Date: May 16, 2025
Effective Date: January 1, 2023
State Rating Period: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Payment Type: Fee schedule
Review Type: New
Approval Period: Single Rating Period
Provider Class: Behavioral health inpatient service

Massachusetts

Uniform increase established by the state for eligible inpatient and outpatient hospital services for the rating period covering January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024,incorporated into the capitation rates through a separate payment term of up to$411,000,000.

Approval Date: April 3, 2025
Effective Date: January 1, 2024
State Rating Period: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Payment Type: Fee schedule
Review Type: Renewal
Approval Period: Single Rating Period
Provider Class: Inpatient hospital service Outpatient hospital service

Massachusetts

Uniform increase established by the state for eligible inpatient hospital services for the rating period covering January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, incorporated into the capitation rates for the Managed Behavioral Health Vendor through a separate payment term of up to $4,601,248.

Approval Date: March 4, 2025
Effective Date: January 1, 2023
State Rating Period: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Payment Type: Fee schedule
Review Type: New
Approval Period: Single Rating Period
Provider Class: Inpatient hospital service Outpatient hospital service

Massachusetts

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) value-based payment arrangement established by the state for private acute hospitals for the rating period covering April 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024, incorporated into the capitation rates through a separate payment term of up to $104,200,00 for April 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 and up to $147,000,000 for January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

Approval Date: December 17, 2024
Effective Date: April 1, 2023
State Rating Period: April 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024
Payment Type: Value-based payment
Review Type: Renewal
Approval Period: Multiple Rating Period
Provider Class: Inpatient hospital service Outpatient hospital service

Massachusetts

Uniform increase established by the State for Behavioral Health Urgent Care (BHUC) for the rating period covering January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, incorporated in the capitation rates through a risk-based rate adjustment.

Approval Date: December 17, 2024
Effective Date: January 1, 2024
State Rating Period: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Payment Type: Fee schedule
Review Type: Renewal
Approval Period: Single Rating Period
Provider Class: Behavioral health outpatient services

Massachusetts

Minimum Fee Schedule established by the State for the Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) for the rating period covering January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, incorporated in the capitation rates through a risk-based rate adjustment.

Approval Date: December 11, 2024
Effective Date: January 1, 2023
State Rating Period: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Payment Type: Fee schedule
Review Type: Renewal
Approval Period: Single Rating Period
Provider Class: Behavioral health outpatient services

Massachusetts

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) value-based payment arrangement established by the state for inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services provided in private acute hospitals for the rating periods covering January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024, incorporated into the capitation rates through a separate payment term of up to $4,393,000 in the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership program.

Approval Date: December 5, 2024
Effective Date: January 1, 2023
State Rating Period: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024
Payment Type: Value-based payment
Review Type: New
Approval Period: Multiple Rating Period
Provider Class: Behavioral health outpatient services

Massachusetts

Minimum Fee Schedule and Maximum Fee Schedule for inpatient hospital discharges from freestanding pediatric hospitals with a MassHealth DRG weight of 3.0 or greater and hospitals with a pediatric specialty unit with a MassHealth DRG weight of 3.0 or greater, using an approved State plan fee schedule for the rating period covering January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024.

Approval Date: December 3, 2024
Effective Date: January 1, 2024
State Rating Period: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Payment Type: Fee schedule
Review Type: Renewal
Approval Period: Single Rating Period
Provider Class: Inpatient hospital service

Massachusetts

Primary Care Sub capitated Arrangement established by the state for the rating period, January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, incorporated into the capitation rates through a risk-based adjustment.

Approval Date: December 3, 2024
Effective Date: January 1, 2024
State Rating Period: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Payment Type: Value-based payment
Review Type: Renewal
Approval Period: Single Rating Period
Provider Class: Primary care services

Massachusetts

Primary Care Sub capitated Arrangement established by the state for the rating period, April 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, incorporated into the capitation rates through a risk-based adjustment.

Approval Date: December 2, 2024
Effective Date: April 1, 2023
State Rating Period: April 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Payment Type: Value-based payment
Review Type: New
Approval Period: Single Rating Period
Provider Class: Primary care services