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Medicaid State Plan Amendments

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.

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Transmittal Number: WA-22-0016
State: Washington
Summary: This amendment updates the agency administration information for Washington State's single state agency, the Health Care Authority.
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Transmittal Number: WA-22-0030
State: Washington
Summary: This amendment updates the state plan to waive the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Program.
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Transmittal Number: WA-22-0029
State: Washington
Summary: Provider and Facility Rates
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Transmittal Number: WA-22-0020
State: Washington
Summary: The purpose of this SPA is to increase the Personal Needs Allowance (PNA) for all Medicaid in-home clients, including PACE enrollees, from 100 percent of the Federal Poverty Level to 300 percent of the Federal Benefit Rate.


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Transmittal Number: WA-22-0022
State: Washington
Summary: This amendment is to increase the excess home equity limit to the federal maximum allowed amount when determining a person’s eligibility for SSI-related long-term care (LTC) services as described in WAC 182-513-1350.
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Transmittal Number: WA-22-0027
State: Washington
Summary: Updates the fee schedule effective dates for several Medicaid programs and services. This is a regular, budget neutral update to keep rates and billing codes in alignment with the coding and coverage changes from CMS
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Transmittal Number: WA-22-0013
State: Washington
Summary: Implement changes to payments to hospitals meeting certain criteria for Sole Community Hospitals (SCH). ESSB 5693 separated the

rates into two categories - one for Sole Community Hospitals (SCH), and one for SCHs taking single bed certifications (SBCs).
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Transmittal Number: WA-22-0017
State: Washington
Summary: This SPA is to amend Washington’s 1915(k) Community First Choice, Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) State Plan Program.
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Transmittal Number: WA-22-0018
State: Washington
Summary: Updates required implement changes to payments to hospitals meeting certain criteria for Sole Community Hospitals (SCHs).
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Transmittal Number: WA-22-0019
State: Washington
Summary: WA-22-0019 is submitted to comply with the American Rescue Plan (ARP) requirements for states to ensure access and coverage to COVID-19 Vaccine, Treatment, and, Testing.
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