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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 (SPA) to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to authorize licensed nurses employed by home health agencies to administer COVID-19 vaccinations for individuals who: Have difficulty leaving the home to get the vaccine, or Are hard-to-reach due to specific reasons, and face challenges getting vaccinated.
Summary: Adds outpatient hospital acute crisis units; updates rate methodology for Outpatient Behavioral Health Services acute crisis units, and adds the same rate methodology for Outpatient Hospital Acute Crisis Units.
Summary: This amendment proposes to add four types of clinicians to the providers qualified to provide core services in Federally Qualified Health Centers: licensed certified social workers, licensed professional counselors, licensed mental health counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists.
Summary: Proposes to move currently approved in-home peritoneal dialyses services from the clinic benefit to the home health and other licensed provider benefit without a change in reimbursement
Summary: Effective August 1, 2021, this amendment corrects an error regarding the required frequency of contacts between targeted case managers and beneficiaries.
Summary: This amendment proposes to add a new section for Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) based on guidance in CMS’s State Health Official Letter #20005, dated December 30, 2020.
