This SPA provides for temporary rate adjustments to Medicaid rates for the North Country Homes as an eligible Licensed Home Care Agency that has been subject to or impacted by the closure, merger, consolidation, acquisition or restructuring.

This state plan amendment proposes to exempt the State from participation in the Recovery Audit Contract (RAC) program.

This Amendment expands the list of allowable qualified practitioners who may perform behavioral health services, in order to align with practitioner standards Implemented by the Colorado Department of Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health, and to promote more timely access to these services.

The purpose of this amendment is to enhance the benefit for immunizations available to adult beneficiaries, more closely aligning coverage with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations.

This amendment proposes to modify the state's reimbursement methodology.

This State Plan Amendment clarifies coverage and limitations on Optometry Services.

This State plan amendment updates the Qualified Medicaid Practitioner Enhanced Payment and Average Commercial Rate Demonstration for a calendar year to set a Medicaid teaching physician rate based on a percentage of the Medicare rate.

Medicaid Reimbursement for Personal Care Services.

Miscellaneous technical revisions made to obsolete language.

This amendment extends the nursing facility quality assessment fee enhanced reimbursement provisions through June 30, 2019.