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.
Approved State Directed Payment Preprints
Minimum Fee Schedule established by the State for the Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) for the rating period covering January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022, incorporated in the capitation rates through a risk-based rate adjustment.
The uniform increase for hospital access payments for the rating period covering January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, incorporated in the capitation rates through a separate payment term of up to $450,413,343.00.
Uniform increase established by the state for nursing facility services for the rating period covering July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, incorporated in the capitation rates through a risk-based rate adjustment.
Uniform increase established by the state for all hospitals participating in the Rhode Island Medicaid Program, as defined in RIGL 40-8-13.4, for inpatient hospital services for the rating period covering July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, incorporated in the capitation rates through a risk-based rate adjustment.
Uniform increase established by the state for hospitals participating in the Rhode Island Medicaid Program, as defined in RIGL 40-8-13.4, for outpatient hospital services for the rating period covering July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, incorporated in the capitation rates through a risk-based rate adjustment.
Uniform increase established by the state for shared living services for the rating period covering July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, incorporated in the capitation rates through a risk-based rate adjustment.
The alternative fee schedules established by the state for professional services provided by qualified providers affiliated with schools of medicine or dentistry who participate in the Medicaid Access to Physician Services (MAPS) program for the rating period covering July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, incorporated in the capitation rates through a risk-based rate adjustment.
Uniform increase established by the state to dispensing fees for Independent Community Pharmacies for the rating period covering July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, incorporated in the capitation rates through a separate payment term of up to $7,500,000.
Uniform percentage increase established by the state for inpatient and outpatient hospital services for the rating period covering July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, incorporated in the capitation rates through a separate payment term of up to $562,279,698.00.
Minimum fee schedule for Community Mental Health Clinics established by the state for the rating period covering July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, incorporated in the capitation rates through a risk-based rate adjustment.