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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 time-limited state plan amendment responds to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to cover the new optional group for COVID testing, allow evacuated individuals to continue to be residents, suspend co-payment obligations for certain services, suspend premiums for all beneficiaries, add coronavirus-related benefits (lab test, telehealth and pharmacy exceptions), provide reimbursement for lab tests and telehealth, increase reimbursement for private non-medical institutions and supplemental payments for hospitals.
Summary: streamlines the eligibility process by implementing MAGI-like methodologies for pregnant women, children and parent-caretaker relatives under MNIL
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 cover the new optional group for COVID testing, impose less restrictive resource tests on certain eligibility groups, and to continue to consider residents who leave the Territory due to the disaster residents of the Territory.
Summary: This inpatient hospital (IPH) SPA increases supplemental pool amounts for privately owned hospitals. The amendment also clarifies and changes the based year used to calculate distribution of payment from each pool from 2014 to 2016.
Summary: Proposes reimbursement to hospitals other than critical access hospitals for each day after the tenth (10th) day that an eligible individual is in the care of the hospital while awaiting placement in a nursing facility
