Medicaid State Plan Amendments

This plan amendment updates the payment methodology for personal care services provided by Private Non-Medical Institutions (PNMIs) on remote islands.

This amendment is to amend the provisions governing the Professional Services program in order to align with current practices.

This amendment is to add services provided by Associate Professional Clinical Counselors, under the supervision of a licensed billable practitioner, to the list of covered services for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), and Tribal FQHCs.

This Alternative Benefit Plan (ABP) aligns the Advanced Practice Dental Hygienist approved under the Alaska State Plan as a Medicaid billing provider for the expansion population.

This plan amendment updates the rate setting methodology for freestanding skilled nursing facilities Level -B and freestanding adult subacute facilities and provides an aggregate five percent increase in the statewide weighted average labor rate component and an aggregate two percent increase in the statewide weighted average non-labor rate component for the calendar year 2023 rate year.

This plan amendment proposes to increase the Medicaid access adjustment paid to nursing facilities.

This plan amendment removes reference in the plan language to specific Federal Medical Assistance Percentage in the calculation of the nursing facility supplemental payment pool amount, effective January 1, 2024.

This plan amendment updates the payment methodology for rehabilitative services and personal care services provided by Private Non-Medical Institutions (PNMIs).

This Amendment increases the income standard for its Optional Targeted Low-Income Children eligibility group.

To eliminate the income test for its Work Incentives eligibility group and end coverage of its Ticket to Work eligibility group.