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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: Alternative Benefit Plan (ABP) amendment to establish the existing Primary Care Case Management (PCCM) service delivery system for expansion adults
Summary: Effective July 1, 2021, this amendment updates Oklahoma's Alternative Benefit Plan (ABP) to remove the 24-day visit limitation for inpatient physician services, adds Medication Assistive Treatment (MAT) services, and enhances dental services for adults.
Summary: This SPA was submitted to annotate that the state requires providers to bill liable third parties when services covered under the Plan are furnished to a member on whose behalf child support enforcement is being carried out
Summary: CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment (SPA) to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to align the Expansion Adult ABP with previously approved Disaster Relief SPAs.
Summary: This state plan amendment amends the reimbursement methodology for federally qualified health centers (FQHC) to separate reimbursement for long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) devices from the encounter rate.
Summary: Effective the day after the Public Health Emergency (PHE) ends, this amendment revises the providers that can order home health services. In addition to physicians, the amendment allows nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, or physician assistants, working in accordance with State law, to order home health services to comply with federal regulation.
Summary: Effective October 1, 2020, this amendment permits the District of Columbia to provide medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioids use disorder (OUD) as a mandatory state plan benefit in compliance with section 1006(b) of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (SUPPORT Act). The SPA assures that the District covers as a mandatory benefit all FDA approved MAT drugs, FDA licensed MAT biological products, and MAT behavioral counseling and therapy services.