The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicaid managed care regulations at 42 C.F.R. § 438 govern how states may direct plan expenditures in connection with implementing delivery system and provider payment initiatives under Medicaid managed care contracts. CMS began reviews of state directed payment arrangements beginning with contract rating periods on or after July 1, 2017. For more information on state directed payments, please visit our Guidance Page. Persons with disabilities having problems accessing the Preprint PDF files may call 410-786-0429 for assistance.
Approved State Directed Payment Preprints
Results
SDP Identifier:: AZ_Fee_NF_Renewal_20241001-20250930
Uniform dollar increase established by the state for nursing facility services for the rating period, October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, incorporated into the capitation rates through a separate payment term up to $92,400,000.
SDP Identifier:: CA_Fee_IPH.OPH.AMC.PC.SP.NF_Renewal_20250101-20251231
Uniform increases established by the state for eligible Designated Public Hospital Systems for the rating period covering January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, incorporated in the capitation rates through a separate payment term of up to $3,865,000,000.
SDP Identifier:: CA_Fee_IPH.OPH.NF_Renewal_20250101-20251231
Uniform dollar increase established by the state for inpatient and outpatient hospital services at District Hospitals for the rating period covering January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, incorporated in the capitation rates through a separate payment term of up to $842,391,000.
SDP Identifier:: CA_VBP_IPH.OPH_Renewal_20250101-20251231
Quality Incentive Pool for District and Municipal Public Hospital Systems for the rating period of January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, incorporated in the capitation rates through a separate payment term of up to $178,517,000.
SDP Identifier:: CA_VBP_IPH.OPH2_Renewal_20250101-20251231
Quality Incentive Pool for Designated Public Hospital systems for the rating period of January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, incorporated in the capitation rates through a separate payment term of up to $3,463,690,000.
SDP Identifier:: KY_VBP.Fee_IPH.OPH.AMC2_New_20250101-20251231
Uniform dollar increase and value-based payment established by the state for inpatient and outpatient hospital services and professional services at an academic medical center for the rating period covering January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, incorporated in the capitation rates through a separate payment term of up to $135,747,624.
SDP Identifier:: OR_Fee_ Oth2_Renewal_20250101-20251231
Uniform dollar increase for ground emergency medical transportation for privately-owned providers, established by the state for the rating period covering January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025, incorporated in the capitation rates through a separate payment term of up to $27,629,600.
SDP Identifier:: OR_Fee_ Oth_Renewal_20250101-20251231
Uniform dollar increase for governmental units providing ground emergency medical transportation, established by the state for the rating period covering January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025, incorporated in the capitation rates through a separate payment term of up to $23,069,255.
SDP Identifier:: TN_Fee_IPH.OPH4_New_20240101-20241231
Uniform percentage increase established by the state for eligible inpatient and outpatient hospital services for the rating period, January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, incorporated into the capitation rates through a separate payment term of up to $1,602,057,288.50.
SDP Identifier:: NM_VBP.Fee_NF2_Amend_20240701-20241231
Amendment to a value-based purchasing and uniform percent increase arrangement established by the state to increase nursing facility per diem rates by the market basket index (MBI) factor and to provide quality incentive payments for nursing facilities that meet performance requirements on specified quality metrics for the rating period covering July 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, incorporated into the capitation rates through a risk-based adjustment.