Implements new federal regulations to permit non-physician practitioners (e.g., nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and clinical nurse specialist) to order home health services and durable medical equipment.

establishes Alternative Benefit Plan(ABP) MI uses to implement requirements of the Healthy Michigan Plan(HMP)

provide annual assurance of the pharmacy program adherence to the requirements of federal regulation for the time period October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020.

Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT)

Value-Based Purchasing: Suspending Episode-Based Payments Program for program years 2020 and 2021

Establish methodology to claim the appropriate FMAP rate for individuals enrolled in the new adult group

adds an Alternative Benefit Plan (ABP) to Oklahoma’s State Plan to cover the Medicaid Expansion Population

Adds licensed midwives to the Alternative Benefit Plan (ABP) section of the state plan. 

Increases reimbursement for personal care services and private duty nursing services.  

This amendment establishes an additional disporportionate share hospital payment to non-state government owned acute care hospitals and applies nursing facility inflation rates to specialized care facilities.