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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 include Autism Services for Children on Medicaid under the preventative benefit adding applied behavioral analysis (ABA) services for children.
Summary: To revise the State Plan to expand coverage of store and forward services for the purposes of strengthening and sustaining telehealth as a high-quality, cost effective, and consumer-oriented form of care delivery.
Summary: This amendment implements coverage and reimbursement of adult ( age 19 and over) immunizations and administration without cost sharing, when required according to the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
Summary: To include coverage and reimbursement for gambling treatment provided to individuals receiving services from the Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) certified services, pursuant to 14 NYCRR Part 818 Chemical Dependence Inpatient Services, 14 NYCRR Part 820 Residential Addiction Rehabilitation Services, 14 NYCRR Part 822 Outpatient Addiction Rehabilitation Services, 14 NYCRR Part 825 Integrated Outpatient Addiction Rehabilitation Services and 14 NYCRR Part 857, with the OASAS gambling designation, when services are for gambling disorder/problem gambling only.
Summary: This amendment proposes to allow providers of Early Intervention Day Treatment (EIDT) and Adult Developmental Day Treatment (ADDT) services to provide transportation to and from their facilities to their clients. It also updates the payment methodology to be consistent with Arkansas' methodology for other transportation