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A Medicaid and CHIP state plan is an agreement between a state and the Federal government describing how that state administers its Medicaid and CHIP programs. It gives an assurance that a state will abide by Federal rules and may claim Federal matching funds for its program activities. The state plan sets out groups of individuals to be covered, services to be provided, methodologies for providers to be reimbursed and the administrative activities that are underway in the state.
When a state is planning to make a change to its program policies or operational approach, states send state plan amendments (SPAs) to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for review and approval. States also submit SPAs to request permissible program changes, make corrections, or update their Medicaid or CHIP state plan with new information.
Persons with disabilities having problems accessing the SPA PDF files may call 410-786-0429 for assistance.
Summary: This amendment was submitted to alter the payment rates for day 1 through 30 and days 31 and beyond for home health intermittent skilled nursing services, which resulted in an overall decrease in payment rates for these services.
Summary: This SPA proposes to allow the District to provide nursing services for technology-dependent beneficiaries who require more individualized and continuous care than is available from a visiting nurse under the Skilled Nursing Home Health Services benefit or routinely provided by the nursing staff of a hospital or skilled nursing facility.
Summary: Updates the Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) citations from 42 CFR $484.36 to 42 CFR $484.80 that is referenced for home health aide and hospice requirements.
Summary: Increases reimbursement rates for facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health under the ID/DD Community Care Act as well as facilities licensed under the MC/DD Act.
Summary: This SPA provides for temporary rate adjustments to Medicaid rates for the North Country Homes as an eligible Licensed Home Care Agency that has been subject to or impacted by the closure, merger, consolidation, acquisition or restructuring.
Summary: This SPA will add the face-to-face encounter requirement prior to the initiation of services by a home health agency and remove all references to "licensed practitioner" ordering home health services, including medical supplies, equipment, and appliances, and instead require a physician to order these items for beneficiaries.