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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 SPA amends the current Targeted Case Management State Plan Amendment for Public Health Nurse Home Visiting to include 3 additional counties.
Summary: Proposes to allow the state to comply with the Medicaid Drug Utilization Review (DUR) provisions included in Section 1004 of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act
Summary: This SPA authorizes the DHS to continue to make county nursing facility safety net payments to qualifying county nursing facilities in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-2020. The DHS published a public notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on January 11, 2020. To qualify for a safety net payment, the facility must be a county nursing facility both during the period for which the payment is being made and at the time the payment is made. County nursing facilities located in a geographic zone where the Community HealthChoices (CHC) program will be in operation for the entire 2019-2020 fiscal year are not eligible for this payment.
Summary: To include pancreas and intestinal transplants as covered organ and tissue transplant procedures. It also updated transplant standards to include donor search and procurement services and to ensure that the methods used for organ acquisition are consistent with the Medicare program
Summary: Allows the state to comply with the Medicaid Drug Utilization Review (DUR) provisions included in Section 1004 of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment.
