Revises payment methodology for inpaitent hospital services.

Updates the optional state supplemental standards for special income level groups consistent with published 2015 federal poverty levels.

This SPA updates the DRG grouper form All-Patient Diagnosis Related Groups to All-Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Groups for SFY 2015 starting July 1, 2014.

Allows a rate change for emergent and non-emergent transportation.

Includes University of North Carolina and Vidant Teaching Hospitals in the previously approved reimbursement methodology for outpatient hospital services.

Revises the State Plan to reflect updates to the orthotic benefit.

Secure Psychiatric Residential Rehabilitation wording change.

Decreases 2015 funding for outpatient services access payments and creates a new DSH payment to facilities with similar characteristics to the outpatient access payment facilities.

This Plan Updates the names of the designee to submit State Plan Amendments.

Removing financial criteria that is more restrictive than those of the SSI Program.