CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment (SPA) to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment to temporarily increase payment rates for state plan home and community-based services through quarterly supplemental payments based upon a percentage of Medicaid allowable paid claims in order to maintain a stable workforce and preserve services during the declared public health emergency.

This amendment proposes to add medication-assisted treatment (MAT) as a mandatory benefit in the Medicaid state plan. 

The state submitted this SPA to update the CarePlus Alternative Benefit Plan (ABP) to confum coverage of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) services.

The state submitted this SPA to update the Standai·d Alternative Benefit Plan (ABP) to confom coverage of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) services. This SPA was approved November 10, 2021 with an effective date of October 1, 2020. 
 

CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to expand telehealth, allow 90-day refills and expand prior authorization for medications, nursing home rate increase, reimbursements to certain providers for COVID-19 related expenses; increase therapeutic leave for individuals with IID/IDD living in ICFs, and waive automatic discharge from ICF after 30 hospital stay days.