CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment (SPA) to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to allow for a temporary premium payment to be paid to specified providers for in-person care, modify additional payments for specific COVID-19 nursing facilities, and increase payment for the administration of Emergency Use Authority for investigational drugs, devices, and biological agents to 100% of the Medicare rate.

CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment (SPA) to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to increase reimbursement for COVID-19 vaccine administration from $14.15 to $40.00.

CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment (SPA) to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to provide a reimbursement methodology for Medicaid vaccine administration fees and pharmacy dispensing fees for the COVID-19 vaccine.

Revise the methods and standards for establishing payment rates for hospice services.

Modify rates for dental services

Modify rates for physician services

Refocuses the objectives of the Stevie Sellows assessment and supplemental payments. 

Specifies reimbursement methodologies for inpatient services provided by newly licensed private psychiatric hospitals

Includes broader diagnoses of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depressive disorders, expanding eligibility for more medicaid members

Effective July 1, 2021, this amendment approves the new, integrated multi-benefit paper application.