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ND-20-0031

CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to allow the state to increase the payment for a reserved day for therapeutic leave of absences for a resident of an intermediate care facility to 60 days.

OR-20-0019

CMS is approving this time-limited state plan amendment to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. The purpose of this amendment is to continue the same stability payment rate method for Tribal 638 and Urban Indian Health programs into 2021 using the 2019, month actuals for 2020 and 202l until the PHE ends.

Section 1135 Waiver Flexibilities - Minnesota Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Third Request)

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) granted an initial approval to the State of Minnesota for multiple section 1135 flexibilities on March 27, 2020. Your follow-up communication to CMS on January 3, 2021 detailed a number of additional federal requirements that also pose issues or challenges for the health care delivery system in Minnesota and requested a waiver or modification of those additional requirements.

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