Clarifies that the State of Maine does not currently license and/or approve Freestanding Birth Centers as a place of service.

This SPA transmitted a proposed amendment to your approved Title XIX State plan to implement changes to outpatient hospital reimbursements by reducing the cap on prospective interim payments (PlP).

Revises the reimbursement.

Ambulatory Surgical Center.

Reimbursement for services to qualified providers is made at the Medicare rate if the services are covered by Medicare.

Clarifies Medicaid Coverage for barbituates and benzodiazepines.

Enhanced Primary Care Provider Payments.

Personal Care Assistance Services.

Provider Screening and Enrollment.

Proposes to exclude from coverage benzodiazepines.