This amendment provides reimbursement for services provided by licensed pharmacists, and pharmacy interns and pharmacy technicians supervised by phamacists, who are acting within their scope of practice or in a collaborative agreement with a provider licensed in Virginia or are specified in Board of Pharmacy protocols for licensure that have been reviewed and accepted by the Department of Medical Assistance Services and are services covered by Medicaid.

This amendment is to comply with Section 1940 (42CFR 1396w) of the Social Security Act by contracting with vendors who specialize in automated financial institution verification for Medicaid agencies and check the financial resources of Medicaid applicants/recipients.

This plan amendment updates the Physician Supplemental Payment Methodology

This plan amendment updates the County Health Department Reimbursement.

This plan amendment updates the Outpatient Reimbursement Methodology.

This amendment is to include pharmacists as a recognized practitioner type allowed to charge for services given to Medicaid clients under Attachment 3.1-A, Section 6.d. and Attachment 4.19-B, Section 6.d of the state plan.

This amendment is to update the Standard Alternative Benefit Plan (ABP) to add and update certain behavioral health services.