This amendment increases the per diem rate for private Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTFs) to $792.46 for additional costs of adding director of nursing staffing to improve the quality and oversight of services.

This amendment changes the requirements for mental health targeted case management (TCM) services for vulnerable adults and/or adults with developmental disabilities.

This amendment proposes to maintain the quality incentive for nursing homes into the 2022 rate year and will continue to recognize improvement in performances as an element in the program and provide for other minor modifications.

This State Plan Amendment updates and enhances Midwifery rates as well as setting Midwifery rates to a max fee schedule.

Updates non-emergency medical transportation provider qualification requirements per the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021.

Implements temporary policies, which are different from those policies and procedures otherwise applied under your Medicaid state plan, during the period of the Presidential and Secretarial emergency declarations related to the COVID-19 outbreak (or any renewals thereof).

 Implements temporary policies, which are different from those policies and procedures otherwise applied under your Medicaid state plan, during the period of the Presidential and Secretarial emergency declarations related to the COVID-19 outbreak (or any renewals thereof).

Provides a temporary extension to specific COVID-19 disaster relief (DR) provisions to increase bed hold days and payments authorized in DR SPAs 20-0006 and 21-0001.

Provides a temporary extension to specific COVID-19 disaster relief provisions for drug benefits authorized in DR SPAs 20-0005 and 22-0002.