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This amendment updates Alaska’s Alternative Benefit Plan to align with Alaska’s Medicaid State Plan implementing the mandatory benefit under section 1905(a)(30) in accordance with Section 210 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.
This amendment proposes to add optometrist services to the prospective payment system (PPS) rates for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and Rural Health Centers (RHC).
This amendment adds a mandatory benefit at section 1905(a)(30) for routine patient costs for items and services furnished in connection with the participation by Medicaid beneficiaries in qualifying clinical trials, in accordance with Section 210 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 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 waive minimum occupancy penalty for nursing facilities and to issue supplemental payments to five provider types totaling $9.6 million.