Delaware Medicaid State Plan
General Program Administration and Table of Contents
Administering Medicaid Programs – these numbered pages contain federal cites and brief statements regarding program administration and organization of the state organization Medicaid
- Section 1 – Single State Agency
- Section 2 – Coverage and Eligibility
- Section 3 – Services: General Provisions
- Section 4 – General Program Administration
- Section 5 – Personnel Administration
- Section 6 – Financial Administration
- Section 7 – General Provisions
MAGI Eligibility and Benefits State Plan Amendments
MAGI Eligibility and Benefits State Plan Amendments describe Medicaid program client coverage and conditions of eligibility; Application forms and methods for individuals to apply for and renew Medicaid coverage
- MAGI-Based Eligibility Groups
- S94 General Eligibility Requirements, Eligibility Process
- S10 MAGI-Based Income Methodologies
- A1, A2, & A3 Addresses single state agencies delegation of appeals and determinations
- S88 Residency
- S89 Non-Financial Eligibility Citizenship & Non-Citizen
- S21 Hospital Presumptive Eligibility
Attachment 2.1-A Definition of an HMO to 2.2-A Eligibility Groups
Attachment 2.1-A Definition of an HMO to 2.2-A Eligibility Groups describe Medicaid program client coverage and conditions of eligibility
- Mandatory Coverage – Categorically Needy and Other Required Special Groups
- Optional Groups Other Than the Medically Needy
- Optional Coverage of the Medically Needy
- Requirements Relating to Determining Eligibility for Medicare Prescription Drug Low-Income Subsidies
- Method for Determining Cost Effectiveness of Caring for Certain Disabled Children at Home
Attachment 2.6-A Income and Resource Eligibility
Attachment 2.6-A Income and Resource Eligibility describe Medicaid program client coverage and conditions of income and resource eligibility
- 2.6-A Eligibility Conditions and Requirements, Pages 1-26
- 2.6-A Supplements 1-18
- Income Eligibility Levels
- Resource Levels
- Reasonable Limits on Amounts for Necessary Medical or Remedial Care Not Covered Under Medicaid
- Methods for Treatment of Income That Differ From Those of The SSI Program
- More Restrictive Methods of Treating Resources Than Those of The SSI Program – Section 1902(f) States Only
- Standards for Optional State Supplementary Payments
- Income Levels for 1902(f) States – Categorically Needy Who are Covered Under Requirements More Restrictive Than SSI
- Resource Standards for 1902(f) States – Categorically Needy
- Transfer of Resources
- The agency does not apply the trust provisions in any case in which the agency determines that such application would work an undue hardship.
- More Liberal Policy Under Section 1902(r) of the Social Security Act
- Eligibility Under Section 1931 of the Act
- Section 1924 provisions
- Income and Resource Requirements for Tuberculosis (TB) Infected Individuals
- Asset Verification System
- Disqualification for Long-Term Care Assistance for Individuals with Substantial Home Equity
- Methodology for Identification of Applicable FMAP Rates
Attachment 3.1-A to Attachment 3.1-I Services
Attachment 3.1-A to Attachment 3.1-I Services describe amount, duration, scope, and types of covered services
- 3.1-A Amount, Duration, and Scope of Medical and Remedial Care and Services Provided to the Categorically Needy
- 3.1-B Amount, Duration, and Scope of Services Provided Medically Needy Group(s)
- 3.1-C Standards and Methods of Assuring High Quality Care
- 3.1-D Methods of Providing Transportation
- 3.1-E Standards for the Coverage of Organ and Tissue Transplant Services
- 3.1-I 1915(i) State Plan Home and Community Based Services Administration and Operation
Attachment 3.1-L Delaware Alternative Benefit Plan
Attachment 3.1-L Delaware Alternative Benefit Plan identifies and defines the Adult eligibility group that receives their Medicaid coverage through an Alternative Benefit Plan (ABP)
- ABP1 – Alternative Benefit Plan Populations
- ABP2a – Voluntary Benefit Package Selection Assurances – Eligibility Group Under Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) of the Act
- ABP3 – Selection of Benchmark Benefit Package or Benchmark-Equivalent Benefit Package
- ABP4 – Alternative Benefit Plan Cost-Sharing
- ABP5 – Benefits Description
- ABP7 – Benefits Assurances
- ABP8 – Service Delivery Systems
- ABP10 – General Assurances
- ABP11 – Payment Methodology
Attachment 4.11-A to Attachment 7.7.C COVID-19 Treatment at section 1905(a)(4)(F)
of the Social Security Act
Attachment 4.11-A to Attachment 7.7.C COVID-19 Treatment at section 1905(a)(4)(F) of the Social Security Act describe reimbursement, quality control and Title VI Civil Rights
- 4.11-A Standards for Institutions
- 4.14-B Methods for Control of the Utilization of Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) Services
- 4.16-A Cooperative Arrangements with State Health and State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies and Title V Grantees
- 4.17-1 Liens and Adjustments or Recoveries
- 4.18-A Charges Imposed on Categorically Needy
- 4.18-C Charges Impose on the Medically Needy
- 4.18-D Premiums Imposed on Low Income Pregnant Women and Infants
- 4.18-E Optional Sliding Scale Premiums Imposed on Qualified Disabled and Working Individuals
- 4.19-A Payment Adjustment for Provider preventable Conditions
- 4.19-A Methods and Standards for Establishing Payment Rates – Inpatient Hospital Care
- 4.19-A.1 Methods and Standards for Establishing payment Rates Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital Care
- 4.19-A.2 Methods and Standards for Establishing Payment Rates for Freestanding Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital Services
- 4.19-B Methods and Standards for Establishing Payment Rates Other Types of Care
- 4.19-C Standards for Payment of Reserved Beds During Absence from Long-Term Care Facilities
- 4.19-D Methods and Standards for Establishing Payment Rates Prospective Reimbursement System for Long-Term Care Facilities
- 4.19-E Definition of a “claim”
- 4.22-A through 4.22-C Requirements for Third Party Liability (TPL)
- 4.30 Sanctions for Psychiatric Hospitals
- 4.32-A Income and Eligibility Verification System Procedures Requests to Other State Agencies
- 4.33-A Method for Issuance of Medicaid Eligibility Cards to Homeless Individuals
- 4.34-A Requirements for Advance Directives Under State Plans for Medical Assistance
- 4.35-A through 4.35-H Enforcement of Compliance for Nursing Facilities
- 4.38 Disclosure of Additional Registry Information
- 4.39 Definition of Specialized Services
- 4.39-A Categorical Determinations
- 4.40-A through 4.40-E Eligibility Conditions and Requirements
- 4.42-A False Claims Act Attachment
- 7.2-A Methods of Administration-Civil Rights
- 7.7-A Vaccine and Vaccine Administration at Section 1905(a)(4)(E) of the Social Security Act
- 7.7-B COVID-19 Testing at section 1905(a)(4)(F) of the Social Security Act
- 7.7-C COVID-19 Treatment at section 1905(a)(4)(F) of the Social Security Act
CHIP State Plan
General Information
General Signatures and Introduction
- State officials administering the program
- Introduction
- Federal Requirements for Submission and Review of a Proposed SPA
- Section description
- Program Options
- Medicaid Expansion- Medicaid SPA Requirements
- Combination of Options
Section 1
General Description and Purpose of the Children’s Health Insurance Plans and the Requirements
- Program options
- Assurances
- Civil rights requirements
- SPA effective and implementation dates
Section 2
General Background and Description of State’s Approach to Child Health Coverage and Coordination
Provides general information related to the program, including the extent and manner to which children in the state currently have creditable health coverage, current state efforts to provide or obtain creditable health coverage for uninsured children and how the plan is designed to be coordinated with current health insurance, public health efforts, or other enrollment initiatives.
- 2.1 Creditable coverage
- 2.2 Health Services Initiatives
- 2.3TC Tribal Consultation Requirements
Section 3
Methods of Delivery and Utilization Controls
Describes the method of delivery, including contracting standards; enrollee enrollment processes; enrollee notification and grievance processes; and plans for enrolling providers, among others.
- 3.1 Delivery Standards
- 3.1.1 Choice of Delivery System
- 3.1.2 Use of a Managed Care Delivery System for All or Some of the State’s CHIP Populations
- 3.1.3 Nonemergency Medical Transportation PAHPs
- 3.2 General Managed Care Contract Provisions
- 3.3 Rate Development Standards and Medical Loss Ratio
- 3.4 Enrollment
- 3.5 Information Requirements for Enrollees and Potential Enrollees
- 3.6 Benefits and Services
- 3.7 Operations
- 3.8 Beneficiary Protections
- 3.9 Grievances and Appeals
- 3.10 Program Integrity
- 3.11 Sanctions
- 3.12 Quality Measurement and Improvement; External Quality Review
Section 4
Eligibility Standards and Methodology
Describes the standards used to determine the eligibility of targeted low-income children for child health assistance under the plan.
- 4.0 Medicaid Expansion
- 4.1 Separate Program
- 4.1PW Pregnant Women Option
- 4.1LR Lawfully Residing Option
- 4.1DS Supplemental Dental
- 4.2 Assurances
- 4.3 Methodology
- 4.4 Eligibility screening and coordination with other health coverage programs
Section 5
Describes outreach activities.
- 5.1 Efforts to provide or obtain creditable health coverage
- 5.2EL Express Lane eligibility option
- 5.3 Strategies
Section 6
Coverage Requirements for Children’s Health Insurance
Describes the scope of coverage and benefits offered under the plan including the categories under which that coverage is offered.
- 6.1 Coverage options
- 6.2 Services covered
- 6.2DC Dental Coverage
- 6.2DS Supplemental Dental Coverage
- 6.2 MHPAEA
- 6.3 Assurances with respect to pre-existing medical conditions
- 6.4 Additional Purchase Options
Section 7
Quality and Appropriateness of Care
Describes the methods (including monitoring) to be used to assure the quality and appropriateness of care and to assure access to covered services.
- 7.1 Quality and appropriateness of care
- 7.2 Methods used assure accesses to care
Section 8
Addresses the requirement of a State child health plan to include a description of its proposed cost-sharing for enrollees.
- 8.1 Statement of cost-sharing imposed
- 8.2 Amount of cost-sharing
- 8.3 How the public will be notified of cost-sharing
- 8.4 Assurances with respect to cost-sharing
- 8.6 Description of procedures to ensure AI/AN children are excluded from cost sharing
- 8.7 Disenrollment protections
- 8.8 Expenditure limitations
Section 9
Strategic Objectives and Performance Goals and Plan Administration
Addresses strategic objectives, the performance goals, and the performance measures the State has established for providing child health assistance to targeted low income children under the plan for maximizing health benefits coverage for other low income children and children generally in the state.
- 9.1 Strategic objectives
- 9.2 Performance goals
- 9.3 Performance measures
- 9.4 Annual Reports
- 9.5 Annual assessment and evaluation
- 9.6 Access to any records or information
- 9.7 Modify measures to meet national requirements
- 9.8 Comply with other provisions
- 9.9 Ensuring ongoing public involvement in program development
- 9.10 Provide a 1-year projected budget
Section 10
Annual Reports and Evaluations
State assures compliance with annual review and evaluation of requirements.
- 10.1 Annual Reports
- 10.2 Future reporting requirements
- 10.3 Comply with all applicable Federal laws and regulations
- 10.3DC Submit yearly the approved dental benefit package
Section 11
State assures services are provided in an effective and efficient manner through free and open competition or through basing rates on other public and private rates that are actuarially sound.
- 11.1 Procurement standards
- 11.2 Sanctions and penalties
Section 12
Applicant and Enrollee Protections
Describes review process for eligibility and enrollment matters, health services matters (i.e., grievances), and for states that use premium assistance a description of how it will assure that applicants and enrollees are given the opportunity at initial enrollment and at each redetermination of eligibility to obtain health benefits coverage other than through that group health plan.
- 12.1 Eligibility and Enrollment Matters
- 12.2 Health Services Matters
Appendices
- Key for Newly Incorporated Templates
- CMS Regional Offices
- Glossary
MAGI Information
- Cover Page
- CS7 Targeted Low-income Children
- CS15 MAGI Income Methodology
- CS3 Set MAGI-based income standards for CHIP Medicaid Expansions. Establish new Medicaid eligibility group for 6 – 18 year olds with incomes between 100 – 133% of the FPL
- CS14 Establish new coverage group for children who lose Medicaid eligibility as a result of discontinuation of disregards
- CS24 Single, Streamlined Application Screen and Enroll Process Renewals Screening by Other Insurance Affordability Programs
- CS17 Residency
- CS18 Citizenship/Lawfully Residing Immigrants
- CS20 Substitution of Coverage
- CS27 Continuous Eligibility
Attachments
- Attachment 1 – 6.2.6.1- List of NQTLS Highmark Health Options
- Attachment 2 – 6.2.6.1- List of NQTLS UnitedHealth Care Community Plan
- Attachment 3 – 6.2.6.1 – NQTL Analysis UnitedHealth care Community Plan
- Attachment 4 – 6.2.6.1 – NQTL Analysis Highmark Health Options
Current Admin Notices
Archived Admin Notices
2025 Administrative Notices
- Expanding Retroactive Medicaid Eligibility 2025 DSHP DSHP+
- Communication and Language Accessibility Services
- Attachment A: Language Vendor Contact Information
- Attachment B: USDA, I Speak Statements
- Attachment C: Quick Glance by Language for Over-the-Phone and On-Site Services
- Attachment D: Delaware Relay Service
- Attachment E: Written Translation Vendor Information
- 2025 Federal Poverty and Medical Assistance Levels
- 2025 Medicaid for Workers with Disabilities (MWD) Countable Income Standards
- 2025 Chronic Renal Disease Program (CRDP) Income Limit
- Community Spouse Minimum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance (MMMNA)
- 2025 Personal Needs Allowance (PNA) Increase
- Exclusion of Difficulty of Care Payments from Gross Income
- Attachment A: Difficulty of Care Payment Self Declaration Form
- 90-Day Reconsideration Period at Renewal
- Screening for Non-MAGI Medicaid Eligibility
- 2026 Medicaid for Workers with Disabilities Unearned Income Disregard
- 2026 DMMA Adult Foster & Residential Care Payment Levels
- Fair Hearing Requests Resuming Normal Timeframe Requirements to Take Final Administrative Action
- 2026 SSI Related Income Standards and Medicare Premiums
- 2026 Nursing Home Private Pay Rate
- 2026 Home Equity Limits
- 2026 Spousal Impoverishment Standards
- Pregnancy and 12-Month Extended Postpartum Period
2024 Administrative Notices
- 2024 Nursing Home Private Pay Rate
- 2024 Chronic Renal Disease Program Income Limit
- 2024 Medicaid for Workers with Disabilities Countable Income Standards
- 2024 Federal Poverty and Medicaid Assistance Levels
- Continuous Eligibility for Children in Medicaid
- 1095-B Forms
- Community Spouse Minimum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance (MMMNA)
- Screening for Non-MAGI Medicaid Eligibility
- MWD Premium Discontinuence and Managed Care Enrollment
- 2025 Medicaid for Workers with Disabilities Unearned Income Disregard
- 2025 Home Equity Limits
- 2025 Spousal Impoverishment Standards
- 2025 SSI Related Income Standards and Medicare Program
- 2025 Adult Foster Residential Care Payment Levels
- 2025 Nursing Home Private Pay Rate
2023 Administrative Notices
- 2023 IRS Form 1095-B (Revised)
- 2023 SSI Related Income Standards and Medicare Programs
- 2023 Nursing Home Private Pay Rate
- 2023 Spousal Impoverishment Standards
- 2023 Chronic Renal Disease Program Income Limit
- 2023 Medicaid for Workers with Disabilities Countable Income Standards
- 2023 Federal Poverty and Medicaid Assistance Levels
- 2023 Resumption of Renewals
- 2023 12 Month Continuous Eligibility for Children
- 2023 Community Spouse Minimum Monthly Maintenance Needs
- 2023 Fair Hearing Requirements Upon Conclusion of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
- 2024 SSI Related Income Standards and Medicare Premiums
- 2024 Medicaid for Workers with Disabilities Unearned Income Disregard
- 2024 Home Equity Limits
- 2024 Spousal Impoverishment Standards
- 2024 Adult Foster Care Residental Care Payment Levels
2022 Administrative Notices
- 2022 Nursing Home Private Pay
- 2022 Federal Poverty and Medicaid Assistance Levels
- 2022 Chronic Renal Disease Program Income Limit
- 2022 Medicaid for Workers with Disabilities Countable Income Standards
- 2022 Spousal Impoverishment Standards
- 2022 Community Spouse Minimum Maintenance Needs Allowance
- 2022 Post Eligibility Treatment of Income Guardianship Fees
- 2023 Adult Foster/Residential Care Payment Levels
- 2023 Medicaid for Workers with Disabilities Unearned Income Disregard
- 2023 Home Equity Limits
2021 Administrative Notices
- 2021 Nursing Home Private Pay Rate
- 2021 Federal Poverty Level and Medical Assistance Income Limits
- IRS Form 1095-B
- Screening for Non-MAGI Medicaid Eligibility
- Chronic Renal Disease Income Limit
- COVID-19 Emergency Declaration – Renewals, Redeterminations, and Changes in Circumstance for Medicaid Programs
- 2021 Medicaid for Workers with Disabilities Countable Income Standards
- 2021 EVV and Eligibility Information
- Disposition of Applications for Medicaid and the Delaware Healthy Children Program
- Community Spouse Minimum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance
- Household Composition for Medicaid Eligibility Groups and the Delaware Healthy Children Program Subject to Modified Adjusted Gross Income Methodology
- Timely Determination of Eligibility for Medicaid and the Delaware Healthy Children Program
- Financial Eligibility-Application of Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) Methodology
- Reasonable Compatibility for Medicaid Eligibility Groups and the Delaware Healthy Children Program Subject to Modified Adjusted Gross Income Methodologies
- Verification Factors of Eligibility for Non Long-Term Care Medicaid and the Delaware Healthy Children Program
- Verification of Factors of Eligibility for Medicaid
- 2022 MWD Unearned Income Disregard
- 2022 Adult Foster/Residential Care Payment Levels
- 2022 SSI Related Income Standards and Medicare Premiums
- 2022 Home Equity Limits
Publications
Diamond State Health Plan 1115 Demonstration Waiver
Delaware’s Current – DSHP 1115 Waiver August 2019 to December 2023
DE 1135 Flexibilities Approval Letter
Approved Interim Evaluation Report April 2024
Approved Evaluation Design April 2024
Annual Report 2022
Managed Care Program Annual Report
Delaware Quality Strategy
Delaware Quality Strategy Summary of Changes from 2018 to 2023 Strategy
- Summary of Changes from the 2018 Quality Management Strategy to 2023 Quality Strategy
- Evaluation of the 2018 Quality Strategy
- 2024 MCO Master Service Agreement (pending CMS approval)
- 2023 MCO Master Service Agreement
- 2020 MCO Master Service Agreement
- Medicaid Enrollment Data (Delaware Open Data) https://data.delaware.gov/Health/Medicaid-Enrollment/xhfg-cwx7/about_data
Diamond State Health Plan Plus
- Waiver Amendment July 2022 DSHP-Plus Waiver Amendment
Documents
1915(c) Home and Community Based Lifespan Waiver


