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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: This amendment is to define the Alternative Benefit Plan (ABP) that will be used to implement certain requirements for the new North Carolina Medicaid Expansion eligibility group as required by SL 2023-7. The Act allows for the inclusion of Medicaid eligibility to individuals aged 19‐64 with incomes at or below 133 percent of the federal poverty level who are not enrolled in or eligible for Medicare, consistent with the new adult group eligibility criteria as defined by the Affordable Care Act.
Summary: This amendment change will amend to include the Ambulatory Detoxification Program and to assign a reimbursement rate of $18.18 per 15-minute increment.
Summary: This amendment allows Medicaid to include Ambulatory Withdrawal Management with Extended On-Site Monitoring and will assign a reimbursement rate of $21.37 per 15-minute increment. This service is a part of the NC Medicaid 1115 Substance Use Disorder Waiver, aligns with The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria (2013 edition) and expands the Medicaid substance use disorder service array.
Summary: Added coverage for the eligibility group serving individuals under age 65 with incomes at or below 133% of the FPL under Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(viii) of the Social Security Act.
Summary: This SPA describes the methodology used by the state for determining the appropriate FMAP rates, including the increased FMAP rates, available under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act applicable for the medical assistance expenditures under the Medicaid program associated with enrollees in the new adult group adopted by the state and described in 42 CFR 435.119.
Summary: This amendment would allow Medicaid to reimburse for Clinically Managed Residential Withdrawal Management. This level of care will provide beneficiaries access to residential level of care to support withdrawal management that focuses on clinical interventions, with a special emphasis on peer and social supports, instead of medically managed and supervised withdrawal management.
Summary: This amendment would expand providers who are eligible to furnish case management services for two Target Case Management Groups (TCM). (Children at risk ages 0-5 and pregnant women), by revising the provider qualifications.
Summary: This amendment is to add authority for the Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) Primaty Care Case Management Entity (PCCMe) program to provide payments to fee-for-service (FFS) providers on behalf of the State, as described by 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 438.2.
Summary: The state proposed to: transition its separate NC Health Choice Children's Health Insurance Program to the NC Medicaid Program; adopt a new Medicaid eligibility group for certain children under age 19; and align the income standard for all children under age 19 at 211 percent of the federal poverty level.
