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| Item Number | State Plan Title | Summary of Change | Date Posted | Comment Period Closed | Document Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPA-2024-01 | ICF/IID Reimbursement Methodology | The purpose of this SPA is to amend the provisions governing the reimbursement methodology for Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID), by continuing the $12 add‐on to private (non-state) owned ICF/IID for increased costs related to retaining and hiring direct care staff, through June 30, 2025. | 5/8/24 | 6/8/24 | Attachment 4.19-D, Page 26 |
| SPA-2023-06 | Pharmacy Benefits Management Program | The purpose of this SPA is to amend the provisions governing reimbursement in the Pharmacy Benefits Management program in order to increase the professional dispensing fee to $11.81 per prescription. | 5/31/23 | 6/29/23 | Attachment 4.19-B Item 12a Page 1 |
| SPA-2023-05 | American Rescue Plan Act COVID-19 Vaccine, Vaccine Administration, and Treatment | The purpose of this SPA is to demonstrate compliance with the American Rescue Plan Act provisions that require states to cover COVID-19 vaccines, vaccine administration, and treatment. | 5/25/23 | 6/1/23 |
7.4-A Vaccine and Vaccine Administration at Section 1905(a)(4)(F) of the Social Security Act 7.4-C COVID-19 Treatment at Section 1905(a)(4)(F) of the Social Security Act |
| SPA-2023-04 | Disaster Relief Extension SPA | The purpose of this SPA is to request an extension of provisions in the Home Health program in order to establish recruitment and retention payments for nurses that provide extended home health (EHH) services to beneficiaries under the age of 21, in accordance with Section 9817 of the American Rescue Plan Act. | 5/9/23 | 5/16/23 | 7.4. B Temporary Extension to the Disaster Relief Policies for COVID-19 National Emergency |
| SPA-2023-03 | Disaster Relief Extension SPA | The purpose of this SPA is to extend COVID-19 disaster relief provisions governing direct wage floor and workforce retention bonus payments to long-term personal care providers, in accordance with the State’s approved disaster relief SPA LA TN 22-0031. | 5/9/23 | 5/16/23 | 7.4. B Temporary Extension to the Disaster Relief Policies for COVID-19 National Emergency |
| SPA-2023-02 | Preventive Services Program | The purpose of this SPA is to amend the provisions governing preventive services in order to provide coverage for initiation and facilitation of telehealth services by qualified Louisiana Medicaid enrolled ambulance providers. | 5/3/23 | 5/10/23 | 3.1-A Item 13c, Page 2 4.19-B Item 13c, Page 1 |
| SPA-2023-01 | Disaster Relief Extension SPA | The purpose of this SPA is to amend the provisions governing the reimbursement methodology for Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID), by extending the $12 add‐on for increased cost related to retaining and hiring direct care staff as approved in disaster relief SPA 22-0013, through December 31, 2023. | 5/3/23 | 5/10/23 | 7.4. B Temporary Extension to the Disaster Relief Policies for COVID-19 National Emergency |
| SPA-2022-08 | Inpatient Hospital Services - Genetic Testing of Critically Ill Infants | The purpose of this SPA is to allow reimbursement, outside of the inpatient hospital per diem, for genetic testing of critically ill infants. | 11/4/22 | 12/4/22 | Attachment 3.1-A, Item 1, Page 46 Attachment 4.19-A, Item 1, Page 15 |
| SPA-2022-07 | Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Reimbursement Methodology | The purpose of this SPA is to amend the provisions governing reimbursement to non-state intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF-IID) for resident leave of absence days. | 7/14/22 | 8/13/22 | Attachment 4.19-C, Pages 1-1a |
| SPA-2022-06 | Long Term Personal Care Services - Direct Service Workers Qualifications | The purpose of this SPA is to amend the provisions governing personal care services worker qualifications in order to remove minimum education and experience qualifications language. | 7/7/22 | 8/6/22 | Attachment 3.1-A, Item 26, Pages 1-2 |
| SPA-2022-05 | Intermediate Care Facilities and Nursing Facilities Reimbursement Methodology | The purpose of this SPA is to amend the provisions governing intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF-IID) and nursing facilities (NF) to allow adjustments to the Medicaid daily rate when changes occur that will eventually be recognized in updated cost reports. | 6/30/22 | 7/30/22 | Attachment 4.19-D, Page 6a, 18-18a |
| SPA-2022-04 | Community Health Worker Services | The purpose of this SPA is to implement coverage of community health worker (CHW) services to address health related chronic diseases. | 2/11/2022 | 3/13/2022 | Attachment 3.1-A, Item 6, Pages 8-9 Attachment 3.1-B, Page 1 Attachment 4.19-B, Item 6, Page 10 |
| SPA-2022-03 | Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment – Personal Care Services | The purpose of this SPA is to amend provisions governing Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment - Personal Care Services to align with current practices. There is no fiscal impact for this proposed SPA. | 1/28/2022 | 2/27/2022 | Attachment 3.1A, Item 4b, Pages 1-7 Attachment 4.19B, Item 4b, Page 1h(1) |
| SPA-2022-02 | Federally Qualified Health Centers | The purpose of this SPA is to amend provisions governing Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in order to establish that where the payment(s) from managed care organizations (MCOs) are less than the amount the FQHC would be entitled to receive under the Prospective Payment System (PPS) or alternative payment methodology (APM), the FQHC will be eligible to receive a wrap-around supplemental payment processed and paid by the Louisiana Department of Health. There is no fiscal impact for this proposed SPA. | 1/26/2022 | 2/25/2022 | Attachment 4.19-B Item 2c Pages 4a and 4b |
| SPA-2022-01 | Rural Health Clinics | The purpose of this SPA is to amend provisions governing Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) in order to establish that where the payment(s) from managed care organizations (MCOs) are less than the amount the RHC would be entitled to receive under the Prospective Payment System (PPS) or alternative payment methodology (APM), the RHC will be eligible to receive a wrap-around supplemental payment processed and paid by the Louisiana Department of Health. | 1/26/2022 | 2/25/2022 | Attachment 4.19-B, Item 2b, Pages 3a-4 |
| SPA-2021-02 | Medical Transportation – Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 | The purpose of this SPA is to amend provisions governing medical transportation in order to assure necessary transportation for beneficiaries to and from covered services, helping to ensure access to care for beneficiaries who have no other means of transportation, in accordance with the requirements under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. | 12/20/21 | 1/19/22 | Attachment 3.1-A Item 24a, Pages 3-4 Attachment 3.1-D Pages 1-4 |
| SPA-2021-01 | Act 421 Children’s Medicaid Option | The purpose of this SPA to provide Medicaid coverage that allows children younger than 19 years old, with disabilities, who are otherwise ineligible for such benefits because their household income exceeds state-established limits for Medicaid eligibility, access to Medicaid-funded care in their homes rather than an institution, regardless of their parents' income. | 8/10/21 | 9/9/21 | Act 421 Children’s Medicaid Option |
| SPA-2020-10 | Adult Mental Health-Peer Support Services | The purpose of the SPA is to amend the provisions governing adult mental health services in order to add peer support services as a covered service. | 11/4/20 | 12/4/20 | Attachment 3.1 A- Item 13d, Pages 12, 19, 20 |
| SPA-2020-9 | Transfer of Assets for Less than Fair Market Value | The purpose of the SPA is to align with current practices related to transfer of assets, in the Medicaid assistance program, for less than fair market value to: 1) begin the penalty date the first day of the month following the month of transfer; 2) impose penalty when the amount of the transfer is less than the monthly cost of nursing facility care; and 3) treat income as an asset. | 10/2/2020 | 11/1/2020 | Attachment 2.6A Supplement 9a, Pages 2-4 Attachment 2.6A Supplement 9b, Page 2 |
| SPA-2020-8 | Nursing Facilities Reimbursement Methodology (Max. Sq. Ft.) | The purpose of the SPA is to amend the provisions governing the reimbursement methodology for nursing facilities in order to increase the allowable square footage for calculating payments when a Medicaid participating nursing facility has at least 15 percent of its licensed beds in private rooms. | 10/2/2020 | 11/1/2020 | Attachment 4.19-D, Pages 7a-8 |
| SPA-2020-7 | Hospice Services-Pediatric Concurrent Care | The purpose of this SPA is to amend the provisions governing hospice services provided concurrently with life-prolonging treatments to individuals under age 21 in order to update existing terminology and reflect current practices and to comply with federal requirements which allow for pediatric concurrent care. | 9/8/2020 | 10/8/2020 | Attachment 3.1-A, Item 18, Page 8 Attachment 4.19-B, Item 18, Page 2 |
| SPA-2020-6 | Medical Care Advisory Committee | The purpose of the SPA is to remove Medical Care Advisory Committee (MCAC) procedural language at Attachment 1.4-A, Louisiana Medical Care. Louisiana remains compliant with the Medical Care Advisory Committee requirements at 42 CFR 431.12, in Section 1.4 of the State Plan. | 7/30/20 | 8/29/20 | Attachment 1.4-A, Pages 1-3 |
| SPA-2020-5 | End Stage Renal Disease Facilities | The purpose of this SPA is to amend the provisions governing reimbursement for end stage renal disease (ESRD) facilities in order to allow contracted independent laboratories to bill the Medicaid program directly for the provision of covered non-routine laboratory services instead of receiving reimbursement from the ESRD facility. | 7/30/20 | 8/29/20 | Attachment 4.19-B, Item 9, Pages 1a-1a(1) |
| SPA-2020-4 | Third Party Liability | The purpose of this SPA is to modify third party liability (TPL) rules related to special treatment of certain types of care and payment, and to allow for payment up to 100 days instead of 90 days after a claim is submitted for claims related to medical support enforcement. | 7/16/20 | 8/15/20 | Attachment 4.22, Item B, Pages 1-2 |
| SPA-2020-3 | Inpatient Hospital Services Coverage Donor Breast Milk | The purpose of this SPA is to adopt provisions governing reimbursement outside of the inpatient hospital per diem for donor human breast milk provided to hospitalized premature newborns in order to ensure access to an effective treatment to reduce the incidence of severe complications. | 6/3/20 | 7/3/20 | Attachment 3.1-A, Item 1, Page 46 Attachment 4.19-A, Item 1, Page 15 |
| SPA-2020-2 | Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments | The purpose of this SPA is to amend the provisions governing the definition of a public, non-rural community hospital, to include Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, formerly owned by a parish, city or other local government or instrumentality, after January 1, 2019. | 2/4/2020 | 3/5/2020 | Attachment 4.19-A, Item 1, Page 10k(2) |
| SPA-2020-1 | Pharmacy Benefits Management Program - Vaccine Administration and Reimbursement | The purpose of this SPA is to amend the provisions governing reimbursement in the Pharmacy Benefit Management Program in order to add vaccines for adult recipients as a pharmacy benefit to provide an alternative location for these recipients to receive necessary vaccinations and immunizations. | 1/3/20 | 2/2/20 | Attachment 3.1-A, Item 6, Page 5 and Attachment 4.19-B, Item 6, Page 11 |
| SPA-2019-4 | Managed Care Organizations Public Process | The purpose of this SPA is to amend the provisions governing public process for managed care organizations (MCOs) in order to remove language that refers to the utilization of rulemaking to satisfy public comment requirements and to add language that requires a 30-day public comment period for MCO contract amendments and a 45-day public comment period for policy or procedure changes unless the Louisiana Department of Health finds that imminent peril to the public’s health, safety, or welfare requires immediate approval. | 12/23/19 | 12/30/19 | Attachment 3.1-F, Page 3 |
| SPA-2019-3 | Pharmacy Benefits Management Program - Drug Utilization Review Program | The purpose of this SPA is to implement Medicaid drug utilization review (DUR) provisions, in compliance with the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act, that are designed to reduce opioid-related fraud, misuse and abuse, including: Opioid prescription claim reviews at the point of sale (POS) and retrospective reviews; Monitoring and management of antipsychotic medication in children; and Identification of processes to detect fraud and abuse. | 9/13/19 | 9/20/19 | Section 4.26, Pages 74-D and 74-E. |
| SPA-2019-2 | Managed Care Organizations Open Enrollment Choice Period | The purpose of this SPA is to amend the provisions governing the enrollment choice period for Medicaid beneficiaries enrolled in a Managed Care Organization, from a 90-day period to a minimum of 30 days. | 9/12/19 | 9/19/19 | Attachment 3.1-F, Pages 11-12 |
| SPA-2019-1 | Medicaid Eligibility - Medicare Savings Programs | The purpose of this SPA is to amend the provisions governing financial eligibility in the Medical Assistance Program, in order to disregard all resources in eligibility determinations for all Medicare Savings Programs. | 8/23/19 | 9/22/19 | Supplement 8b to Atachment 2.6-A, Page 2 |
Medicaid State Plan Amendments - Public Comment Archive
Louisiana’s Medicaid State Plan is an agreement between the state and the Federal government describing how Louisiana administers its Medicaid and children’s health insurance programs (CHIP). State Plan Amendments (SPA) are requests from Louisiana to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to make a change to the Louisiana Medicaid program’s policies or operational approach, make corrections, or update the state plan with new information.
Below are SPAs previously posted to the website for public comment.