This amendment removes obsolete language pertaining to supplemental payments for Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with intellectual disabilities fewer than 16 beds.

This amendment purposes to update the cost reporting periods used to calculate uninsured costs, updates the inpatient payment data used to calculate UPL distributions, and modify the UPL distribution methodology to eliminate an additional UPL payment previously paid to free-standing psychiatric hospitals.

This SPA updates the State Plan to align with the State's Telemental Health regulations.

Medical Assistance Day One Incentive payments to nonpublic nursing facilities and fi.mding levels for 42 CFR447.250.

Adds additional other provider preventable conditions for nursing facility services and related payment adjustments for Medicaid.

This filing brings the ABP benefit package into alignment with the State Plan for 2014.

Amends the Alternative Benefit Package for the new adult expansion group to account for programatic changes made to the State Plan during 2014, subsequent to its original approval.

Uses the National Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC) prices, as provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), as the state maximum allowable cost (SMAC) for both brand and generic drugs.

Incorporates MAGI-Based Eligibility Groups.

This SPA reduces the sole community health disproportionate share hospital pool from $800,000 total computable per year to $600,000 for SFY 2015.