This plan amendment continues temporary rate adjustments to long term care providers that are undergoing closure, merger, consolidation, acquisition or restructuring themselves or other health care providers.

This plan amendment updates rates for Personal Care Services.

This SPA amends the State Plan to authorize coverage of drugs authorized for import by the Food and Drug Administration when medically necessary during drug shortages.

This SPA amends the State Plan to update reimbursement methodology for Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARCs) and make required changes to the payment methodology for hospice services.

This plan amendment updates rates for Personal Care Assistants (PCAs).

This plan amendment updates Private Duty Nursing rates.

This plan amendment update provides authority to remove the regular and special pools contained in the DSH program except for the Institute for Mental Disease (IMD) special DSH pool.

This plan amendment adds a Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) to support a five-point four percent (5.4%) increase to Specialty Hospital operating rates of payment until such time as the COLA increase is reflected in the base period cost reports.