Revises methodologies and standards for inpatient hospital rates.

To account for all the current services being offered in the base benchmark plan.

Describes the single state agency and other entities responsible for administering or implementing the Medicaid state plan.

Specifies how it will revise its pharmacy reimbursement methodology to comply with the key provisions of the Covered Outpatient Drug Final Rule with comment (81 FR 5170) that was published in the Federal Register on February 1, 2016.

Revises payment rates for providers specializing in the treatment of cerebral palsy, spina bifida, epilepsy, closed head injuries, and orthopedic conditions.

Updates the Alternative Benefit Plan to indicate, in Form ABP3 and ABP5, that the name of the benchmark plan is Health Partners. Also updates Form ABP8 to reflect the state's new waiver authority to enroll American Indians into managed care.

Revise the reimbursement methodology for disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments to Louisiana low-income academic hospitals in order to revise the reimbursement schedule from annual to quarterly payments.

The Tribal Leadership Advisory Council was established through an internal Wyoming Department of Health policy to seek advice on a regular, ongoing basis from the federally recognized Wyoming Tribes and Indian Health Services on matters related to Medicaid and/ or Kid Care CHIP. The wording for this policy was added to the Tribal Consultation SPA.

This amendment provides for a 4.00% reduction in inpatient hospital Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) outlier payment rates for all hospitals other than critical access hospitals, hospitals located in frontier, rural and densely settled rural counties, and state-operated psychiatric hospitals.

This amendment provides for a 4.00% reduction in provider payments for all services. Exceptions to the 4.00% reductions include Home and Community Based, Rural Health Clinic, Federally Qualified Health Center' s, Pharmacy, Limited Hospice, PACE, and Indian Health services.