Medicaid State Plan Amendments

CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment to allow the state to implement temporary policies while returning to normal operations after the COVID-19 national emergency.  The purpose of this amendment is to align the resumption of premiums with the end of the unwinding period and to assign dates to the temporarily extended suspension of member copays and premiums.

CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment to allow the state to implement temporary policies while returning to normal operations after the COVID-19 national emergency.  The purpose of this amendment is to extend availability of hospital presumptive eligibility (HPE) to non-MAGI individuals.

CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment to allow the state to implement temporary policies while returning to normal operations after the COVID-19 national emergency.  The purpose of this amendment is to gradually decrease the enhanced supplemental payments during the period of April 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023 for Inpatient & Outpatient Supplemental Payments Post-PHE Unwind (Safety Net Assessment Fund).

CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment to allow the state to implement temporary policies while returning to normal operations after the COVID-19 national emergency.  The purpose of this amendment is to gradually decrease the enhanced supplemental payments during the period of April 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023 for supplemental payments for Small Rural Disproportionate Share Hospitals.

To add transportation as an allowable rural health clinic service and dietician services as allowable rural health clinic and federally qualified health center services.

To remove cost sharing requirements from the state plan.

This amendment allows occupational therapy assistants, physical therapy assistants, and speech language pathology assistants to enroll as MO HealthNet providers and bill for covered services provided to eligible MO HealthNet participants.

This SPA provides traditional state plan authority for the FY2022 and FY2023 rate setting methodology established in DR SPA 21-0015, DR SPA 22-0013, and DR SPA 23-0007. This is necessary to complete the final rate settlements for each fiscal year.

CMS is issuing this technical correction package to include the final submitted revision to Section IV Page 27. CMS included an earlier version that did not describe which cost report is used in the absence of the state plan defined cost report.

This amendment is to establish coverage of dentures and partials for adults who meet medical necessity criteria.

This plan updates Critical Access Hospital Supplemental Access Payments (Outpatient).