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Medicaid State Plan Amendments

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.

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Transmittal Number: AL-25-0001
State: Alabama
Summary: This amendment waives the requirement of issuing trauma code mailers for all ICD-9 and ICD-10 trauma codes to recipients when used on claims submitted with the agency that signify an accident may have occurred.
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  • Third Party Liability
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Transmittal Number: AL-24-0001
State: Alabama
Summary: The purpose of this amendment is to update the physician services benefit.
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Transmittal Number: AL-24-0002
State: Alabama
Summary: The purpose of this amendment is to assure that the State is in compliance with Section 202 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2022, as requested by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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Transmittal Number: Al-23-0009
State: Alabama
Summary: This state plan amendment clarifies coverage of crisis intervention services and service rates.
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Transmittal Number: AL-23-0012
State: Alabama
Summary: This amendment proposes to allow audio only services through telemedicine as described in the Medicaid Telemedicine Policy.
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Transmittal Number: AL-22-0007
State: Alabama
Summary: This SPA provides Alabama with approval to provide 12 months of continuous postpartum coverage to individuals enrolled in its Medicaid program.
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Transmittal Number: AL-22-0008
State: Alabama
Summary: This amendment provides all medically necessary preventive, restorative, diagnostic, periodontal, endodontic, oral surgery, and emergent dental procedures for pregnant Medicaid recipients.
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  • Dental
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Transmittal Number: AL-22-0002
State: Alabama
Summary: Adds coverage of COVID-19 testing, vaccine, administration, and treatments
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  • Disaster Relief
  • Benefits
  • Reimbursement
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Transmittal Number: AL-21-0009
State: Alabama
Summary: This amendment amends the language in the requirements for Third Party Liability - Payment of claims with changes required in the Bipartisan Budget Act and the Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act.
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Transmittal Number: AL-21-0006
State: Alabama
Summary: Proposes to add medication-assisted treatment (MAT) as a mandatory benefit in the Medicaid state plan
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