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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 plan amendment proposes to provide a 2.84% COLA for OASAS freestanding outpatient services, Part 820 residential services, freestanding residential medically supervised withdrawal, and freestanding residential rehabilitation.
Summary: This plan amendment updates the dollar amounts for long-term civil commitment per diem rates and add language regarding per diem rate enhancements for Washington State free standing psychiatric hospitals that contract with the agency to provide services for long-term civil commitment patients.
Summary: This plan amendment updates the provisions governing qualifying criteria and reimbursement methodology for high Medicaid utilization academic hospitals in order to increase payments for inpatient hospital services.
Summary: This plan continues a temporary extension of an Alternative Payment Methodology (APM) for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and Rural Health Clinics (RHC). This APM will continue to provide coverage without copay or cost-sharing, for the administration of COVID-19 vaccines by staff who have the authority under state law to administer the vaccine, in the FQHC and RHC settings during a COVID-19 vaccine-only visit through September 30, 2024.
Summary: This amendment proposes to update Rhode Island’s Medicaid State Plan to include chiropractic services and establish a payment methodology within fee-for-service Medicaid.
