This update the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) Program fee schedule.

Proposes to decrease the nursing facility pool amounts and increase base rate components for nursing facilities serving adults and Aids patients.

Non-Designated Public Hospital Supplemental Fund Program inpatient hospital supplemental payments will continue to be made to eligible hospitals for one additional program year from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019.

Increases the rate by 3 percent for inpatient psychiatric hospitals.

This implements an annual benefit maximum (ABM) of $1,000 per member/per fiscal year beginning September 1, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter.

Implements a one-time supplemental payment of $250,000 for private inpatient hospital psychiatric services provided to children under age eighteen.

Long-Term Care (LTC) Updates #2 is being submitted to allow the Division of Medicaid to (1) revise the number of allowed therapeutic leave days for nursing facilities (NFs) and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/IIDs), (2) remove stock transactions as a change in ownership assets, (3) clarify the provider appeals process to include reconsideration prior to an administrative appeals request, (4) remove MDS submissions as appealable,(5) restrict providers from entering or modifying hospital and therapeutic leave days via the web portal after the corr

Updates the PACE program rates.

A minor technical correction to the reimbursement methodology for evaluation and management.

Expands the HHP into the counties of Riverside and San Bernardino for the population criterion of chronic physical conditions and substance use disorder (SUD).