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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: CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to add an end date to previously approved emergency provisions due to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.
Summary: This amendment includes Long-Term Care Facility Reimbursement for services outlined within the State Plan. The amendment updates provisions as authorized in the State's General Appropriation Act for Fiscal Year 2021-22 and makes technical and editorial changes.
Summary: Establishes a new level of reimbursement for Medicaid-eligible individuals who have severe behavioral needs residing in or seeking admission to Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (ICFs/IID), updates buy-back provisions for ICFs as authorized in the State’s Fiscal Year 2021-22 General Appropriations Act, and makes technical / editorial changes.
Summary: update the reimbursement methodology for PACE. This SPA is also relocating the Medication Assisted Treatment pages from Supplement 3 to Attachment 3.1-A to Supplement 6 to Attachment 3.1-A.
Summary: Effective March 23, 2021, this amendment adds language to the Inpatient Hospital Reimbursement Methodology for Indirect Graduate Medical Education (IME) Payments for services outlined within the State Plan. This amendment has a fiscal impact with an expected increase of $168,393,723 in federal funds for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2020-2021 and an increase of $207,324,368 in federal funds for FFY 2021-2022.
