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This amendment is to temporarily increase rates of payment for Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) services as a component of Rhode Island’s 9817 plan implementation.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) granted an initial approval to the State of Idaho for multiple section 1135 flexibilities on March 23, 2020. Your follow-up communication to CMS on July 8, 2022, detailed an additional federal requirement that also poses issues or challenges for the health care delivery system in Idaho and requested a waiver or modification of those additional requirements.
WA-22-0019 is submitted to comply with the American Rescue Plan (ARP) requirements for states to ensure access and coverage to COVID-19 Vaccine, Treatment, and, Testing.
Coverage and reimbursement of COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine administration, coverage and reimbursement of COVID-19 testing, coverage and reimbursement of services for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19, including conditions that may seriously complicate the treatment of COVID-19.
This SPA provides authority to address the National Emergency by including mandatory coverage of COVID-19- related testing and treatment services in compliance with Sections 9811 and 9821 of the American Rescue Plan of 2021.
CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to rescind the election to add nursing facility health care isolation centers (HCICs) and the accompanying payment provisions that were temporarily implemented in response to the COVID-19 PHE.
CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to add additional resource disregards during the COVID-19 public Health emergency.