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    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 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 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 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 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 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 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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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 

    Outreach

    Describes outreach activities.

    • 5.1          Efforts to provide or obtain creditable health coverage
    • 5.2EL      Express Lane eligibility option   
    • 5.3          Strategies

    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

    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

    Cost Sharing and Payment

    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  

    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

    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

    Program Integrity

    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

    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
    • 12.3         Premium Assistance Programs

    Appendix

    • Key for Newly Incorporated Templates
    • CMS Regional Offices
    • Glossary

    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

    Delaware Quality Strategy Summary of Changes from 2018 to 2023 Strategy