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This amendment authorizes the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality and Accountability Supplemental Payment (QASP) program for the rate year beginning August 1,2017.
Restores comprehensive optional dental benefits for beneficiaries ages 21 and older, subject to medical necessity and utilization controls, that were not restored in May 2014
Amends the provisions governing family planning services to remove the limitation on office visits for physical examinations for family planning and family planning-related services.
To implement a 2017-18 budget modification to reduce the case finding payment from $135 to $110 per member per month and to modify the claiming period for the case finding fee from 3 months to 2 months which may be extended for an additional 2 months.