This is a time-limited state plan amendment to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to add the COVID-19 vaccine to the Medicaid State Plan.

Authorizes supplemental payments for the outpatient services of certain non-government owned or operated general hospitals.

CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to establish how the state will pay for  the administration of the vaccine and the reimbursement methodology.

CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to establish a February 2021 COVID-19 interim payment for primary care medical providers (PCMP) who provide integrated services. PCMPs who received an October 2020 COVID-19 interim payment (approved in TN 20-0035) are not eligible to receive the February 2021 COVID-19 interim payment.

This SPA incorporates the current version of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) State Plan Amendment preprint and provide State assurances that PACE rates are set at less than 100% of the amount that would otherwise have been paid for a comparable population.

CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to identify an updated NEMT rate for drive-through vaccination sites, effective February 22, 2021.

Technical correction to restore the limits on physical, occupational and speech therapy for Medically Needy individuals 21 years of age or older.

This Plan amendment updates the name of the designee to Submit State Plans Amendments (SPAS} for the state of South Carolina

Effective May 1, 2021, this amendment provides approval for Third Party Liability (TPL): Blanket good cause exception for children in state custody; 100-day timeline for billing non-responsive third parties.