Effective for deliveries occurring on and after July 1, 2017, an additional payment per newborn delivery will increase by $500 for hospitals in rural counties with populations less than 35,000.

This amendment was submitted to revise state plan language for specific state plan pages where references to "mentally retarded" are replaced with "individuals with intellectual disabilities."

This amendment modifies the State's reimbursement methodology for setting payment rates for Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities.

This State Plan amendment automates annual adjustments to the specified rates by tethering them to the Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System.

This SPA expands the list of specialized add-on services available to Medicaid recipients residing in a Medicaid-certified nursing facility who are 21 years of age or older and who have been found through the Pre-admission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) process to need such services.

Increase in Reimbursement Rates for Community Mental Health Providers.

This SPA better defines the dental benefit available to adults under the full benefit package and the basic benefit package.

This SPA authorizes supplemental payments to certain non-state government operated hospitals for outpatient services in the period April 1, 2015 through March 31, 2016.

This amendment delegates Fair Hearings to the State Office of Personnel.

The purpose of this SPA is to delay implementation of a Recovery Audit Contractor program through June 1, 2019.