This amendment implements regulations for provider preventable conditions and related payment adjustments for Medicaid.

The plan amendment updates the state plan to comply with the change in the law, which requires Part D drug coverage of barbiturates used in the treatment of epilepsy, cancer, or a chronic mental health disorder and benzodiazepines.

This amendment implements a 2.15% rate increase for under 16 bed ICF/MR facilities.

The plan amendment adds Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) episodes and Total Joint Replacement episodes to the state plan. The amendment change does not have a direct impact on Indians, Indian Health programs or Urban Health Organizations.

This state plan amendment allows the state to seek a second extension to implement its recovery audit program.

This proposed SPA transmitted an amendment to Connecticut's approved Title XIX State plan to increase the standards for the optional State supplementary payment program by an amount equal to the SSI cost ofliving increase proposed by the Social Security Administration.

This proposed SPA transmitted an amendment to Connecticut's approved Title XIX State plan to exclude the amount of the Connecticut Earned Income Tax Credit in determining Medicaid eligibility for the eligibility groups specified in this SPA.

This proposed SPA transmitted an amendment to Connecticut's approved Title XIX State plan to disregard the cash surrender value of life insurance policies when the death benefits are assigned to funeral homes to fund funeral home contracts.

Under this SPA, Idaho is adding certain services to comply with Section 41 07 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for Medicaid coverage of comprehensive tobacco cessation services for pregnant women, including both counseling and pharmacotherapy, without cost sharing.

This amendment proposes to change pharmacy reimbursement to the Average Actual Acquisition Cost (AAAC) by obtaining cost information through a pharmacy survey process. This SPA also proposes to change the dispensing fee by using a tiered dispensing fee structure.