This plan amendment authorizes the Department to make a supplemental payment to certain county nursing facilities.

This plan amendment authorizes the Department to make an supplemental payment to certain nonpublic nursing facilities in a county of the eighth class.

This plan amendment authorizes the Department to make an additional payment to nonpublic and county nursing facilities that qualified for supplemental ventilator care and tracheostomy care payments.

This amendment is to conduct Medicaid presumptive eligibility (PE) determinations. PE groups: children under age 19, parents and other caretaker relatives, pregnant women, adults, and former foster care children, the effective date is May 12, 2023. PE for individuals needing treatment for breast or cervical cancer, the effective date is January 1, 2023.

This plan amendment updates the payment methodology for certain occupational therapy services.

This plan amendment authorizes the Department to make an additional payment to nonpublic and county nursing facilities that qualified for supplemental ventilator care and tracheostomy care payments in a city of the first class.

This plan amendment adds authority for the state to negotiate higher reimbursement rates with certain out of state providers.