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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: Amends the Alternative Benefit Package for the new adult expansion group to account for programmatic changes made to the State Plan in 2015, subsequent to its original approval including services provided through the Community First Choice State Plan Option approved in WA-15-0012.
Summary: Includes reimbursement for the originating site facilities, telemonitoring of a patient in their home and for interprofessional telephone and internet assessment and management services provided by a consultative physician.
Summary: Adds presumptive eligibility for parents and other caretaker relatives, pregnant women, infants and children under age 19, adult group, former foster children, and individuals eligible for family planning services; and Expands the definition of qualified providers to include acute care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, community mental health centers, federally qualified health centers, rural health centers and local health departments.
Summary: Alternative Benefit Plan - Adds community-based providers that are the same providers the State previously licensed for other levels of care, but will now be able to receive a license to operate additional levels of care.