Proposes to reinsert covered outpatient drug reimbursement language that was inadvertently deleted in a prior amendment.
 

Reimbursement update for Provider Inflationary Increase

Adds licensed Psychologist and Licensed Social Workers, as Medicaid practitioners eligible to receive reimbursement.
 

This SPA amends Attachment 4.19-B of the Medicaid State Plan by updating the physician office and outpatient fee schedule to increase the rates for select long-acting reversible contraceptive devices. This SPA also updates the reimbursement methodology for gender reassignment services to ensure that the services paid under the fee schedule include all medically necessary gender reassignment services.

This SPA amends Attachment 4.19-B of the Medicaid State Plan to update the dental fee schedules for adults and children by adding Current Dental Terminology (CDT) code 02990 (Composite Resin for Smooth Surface Incipient Lesions) to the adult and children's dental fee schedules.

Provide for a 5% increase to the current Home Based Private Duty Nursing Services rates for services incurred on or after January 1, 2020.

Include coverage and reimbursement language for PPEC services in the Mississippi Medicaid State Plan under the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit, effective January 1, 2020.

Increase the income standard for the Parents and Other Caretaker Relatives eligibility group from 150% of the Federal Poverty Limit (FPL) to 155% of the FPL.