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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: CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to add temporary rate increases for adult day health and day habilitation providers during the public health emergency. The Commonwealth proposes to change the unit rate from a 15 minute increment rate, to full day and partial day per diem rates.
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 permit a second COVID-19 related direct payment for nursing facilities that is identical to the first approved payment. The payment for each provider is computed at $30 multiplied by the number of Medicaid fee-for-service bed days during the proxy period of 10/1/19 to 12/31/19.
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 allow licensed practitioners practicing within their scope of practice, such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants, to order Medicaid home health services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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 disregard any excess resources for LTC members as of the month the PHE ends.
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 modify the termination date of some previously approved provisions, to end at an earlier date.
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 provide authority to address the National Emergency by providing Emergency Use Authority for investigational drugs, devices, and biological agents and their administration, as well as by increasing the payment for COVID-19 vaccine administration to 100% of the Medicare rate and by providing authority for an Alternative Payment Methodology to specific providers for COVID-19 vaccine administration.
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 add pharmacists, pharmacy interns, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacies as qualified providers of COVID-19 vaccinations and to implement reimbursement for the COVID-19 vaccine administration.
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 pharmacy technicians, pharmacy interns and pharmacies under the Other Licensed Practitioner (OLP) benefit to administer COVID 19 vaccinations and reimburse administration of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments at 100 percent of Louisiana Region 99 Medicare rates.
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 Implement an add-on payment to primary care, behavioral health and dental service providers, increase reimbursement for private non-medical institutions by at least 17.2%, allow nursing facilities to relocate individuals with acquired brain injuries to a quarantine unit when diagnosed with COVID-19, allow facilities to relocate residential care patients to a nursing facility bed or nursing facility patients to a residential care bed due to COVID-19, allow pharmacies to bill for COVID-19 testing, and allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists to be considered qualified providers for ordering and recertifying a plan of care for private duty nursing services.
Summary: This update amends the provisions governing leave of absence days during a federal public health emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
