This amendment is to temporarily suspend otherwise covered benefits for the period January 1, 2024 through September 30, 2024 in response to the territory’s local funding shortfall.

This SPA establishes an emergency interim payment methodology for certain providers affected by the Change Healthcare cybersecurity incident.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has reviewed the proposed Illinois state plan amendment (SPA) to Attachment 4.19-D IL-23-0033, which proposes to increase by 12% the support component of the nursing facility rate for facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act as skilled or intermediate care facilities.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has reviewed the proposed Illinois state plan amendment (SPA) to Attachment 4.19-D IL-23-0027, which proposes increases to the reimbursement rate for facilities by the Department of Public Health under the ID/DD Community Care Act as an ID/IDD facility and medically complex for the developmentally disabled facilities licensed under the MC/DD Act.

This plan amendment implements a one percent (1%) Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) to Specialty Hospital rates.