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A Medicaid and CHIP state plan is an agreement between a state and the Federal government describing how that state administers its Medicaid and CHIP programs. It gives an assurance that a state will abide by Federal rules and may claim Federal matching funds for its program activities. The state plan sets out groups of individuals to be covered, services to be provided, methodologies for providers to be reimbursed and the administrative activities that are underway in the state.
When a state is planning to make a change to its program policies or operational approach, states send state plan amendments (SPAs) to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for review and approval. States also submit SPAs to request permissible program changes, make corrections, or update their Medicaid or CHIP state plan with new information.
Persons with disabilities having problems accessing the SPA PDF files may call 410-786-0429 for assistance.
Summary: Effective February 1, 2021, this amends the current targeted case management state plan amendment for public health nurse home visiting to include three additional counties (Baker, Clatsop and Marion).
Summary: CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to modify the termination date of some previously approved provisions, to end at an earlier date.
Summary: This amendment clarifies that pharmacists are able to provide and bill for services according to their scope of practice by adding them to the list of "Other Licensed Practitioners."
Summary: CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment to
respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to increase certain payment rates and to allow additional providers the ability to order Home Health services including Durable Medical Equipment.
Summary: Payments will be increased to one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the hospital’s fee-for-service rate for state and Federal medical assistance programs for services provided by qualifying hospitals.
Summary: Implements a resource disregard of earnings accumulated in a separate account during an individual's enrollment in a working disability eligibility group when determining the individual's subsequent eligibility for other eligibility groups covered under Washington’s state plan
Summary: CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to continue the same stability payment rate method for Tribal 638 and Urban Indian Health programs into 2021 using the 2019, month actuals for 2020 and 202l until the PHE ends.
