This plan amendment adopt provisions in the Home Health Program in order to establish recruitment and retention fee for service (FFS) payments under the American Rescue Plan Act 9817 for services rendered to eligible FFS Medicaid beneficiaries.

This plan amendment updates the Partial Hospitalization (H0035)/Child and Adolescent Day Treatment (H2012).

This plan amendment updates the Outpatient Behavioral Health – Psychotherapy.

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 proposes to update the methods and standards  used by Massachusetts to pay Medicare crossover payment for ground ambulance services.

This amendment is to update the Care Plus Alternative Benefit Plan to update Optometrists' Services.

This amendment is to update the Standard Alternative Benefit Plan to update Optometrists' Services.

This amendment establishes a Coordinating, Aligned, Relationship-centered, Enhanced Support (CARES) Targeted Case Management (TCM) benefit for children.  This new CARES TCM will provide intensive support in care planning and coordination of services for eligible medically complex MassHealth members younger than 21.