An official website of the United States government
Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
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 end coverage for the COVID-19 testing group at 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XXIII) of the Act as described in New Mexico Disaster SPA 20-0007.
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 increase the pharmacist dispensing fee from $10.48 to $10.77 per prescription.
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 waive the requirement (for year 2023) that state notify enrollees, through an annual mailing, that one or more of their healthcare providers are now part of the state's Integrated Health Partnerships (IHP) program (as outlined in approved State Plan Attachments 3.1-A Page 79b2 and Attachment 3.1-B Page 78b2).
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 implement a rate increase for providers of Personal Care Services (PCS) and Private Duty Nursing (PDN) services under the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit.
Summary: CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is split out payment for pasteurized donor human milk in inpatient settings in order to track utilization.
Summary: CMS approves Minnesota's time-limited COVID-19 disaster relief proposal. Effective March 1, 2020 per Section 7.4 of the Minnesota State Plan, the Minnesota State Medicaid agency waives signature requirements for the dispensing of drugs during the Federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.
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 implement a temporary rate increase for personal care assistance services and intermediate care facilities for people with developmental disabilities.
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 increase payment rates to providers of personal care services (PCS) and private duty nursing (PDN) under the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit.
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 implement targeted access supplemental payments for Safety-Net Care Pool (SNCP) hospitals.
