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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: The SPA implements community mental health center (CMHC) and substance use disorder (SUD) agency rate increases appropriated by the state legislature during the 2022 legislative session.
Summary: GA Medicaid proposes to add a new provider that may render services under the State Plan; Lactation consultants. The Department currently provides lactation services and is seeking to enroll lactation consultations as an individual practitioner.
Summary: This amendment proposes to allow providers of Early Intervention Day Treatment (EIDT) and Adult Developmental Day Treatment (ADDT) services to provide transportation to and from their facilities to their clients. It also updates the payment methodology to be consistent with Arkansas' methodology for other transportation
Summary: This amendment is to temporarily increase rates of payment for Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) services as a component of Rhode Island’s 9817 plan implementation.
Summary: This amendment establishes coverage of Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers (CCBHCs) and reimbursement of CCBHC services using a prospective payment system.
Summary: This amendment is to add School-Based Services, which allows the State Medicaid Agency to reimburse local education agencies (LEAs) for providing health related services to Medicaid eligible students in a school-based setting.
Summary: This amendment is to comply with mandatory Medicaid coverage of routine patient costs furnished in connection with participation in qualifying clinical trials.
Summary: This Nevada SPA 21-0012 was approved on July 7, 2022 inadvertently omitted Attachment 4.19-B, Pages 3a and 3a (Continued). We have attached these pages as well as a revised CMS-179 that reflects their inclusion in the approval. No other SPA pages are affected, and the original SPA approval date of July 7, 2022 and effective date of August 27, 2021 remain in effect for the entire SPA, including the two omitted pages.