24-0023 Single Case Agreements, Effective January 1, 2024

Public Comment Period for State Plan Amendment (SPA): 24-0023 Single Case Agreements, effective January 1, 2024
 

LEGAL NOTICE
NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Notice is hereby given that the New Hampshire (NH) Department of Health and Human Services (the Department) is proposing to amend the Title XIX State Plan to: (1) provide description regarding coverage of single case agreement patient costs for inpatient hospital services for instances where an enrolled member needs emergency out-of-state care or in circumstances when there is a lack of providers with a specific clinical expertise in New Hampshire able to provide the necessary services; (2) describe rate methodology for non-enrolled out-of-state providers or enrolled providers with clinical expertise that are not able to bill or accept the NH Medicaid rate or rate methodology, effective date January 1, 2024. 

The federal and non-federal fiscal impact associated with this proposed State Plan description is unknown. 

Copies of draft State Plan pages will be available by December 4, 2023. Please contact Jody Farwell at (603) 271-9421, or via e-mail at jody.l.farwell@dhhs.nh.gov, to request copies. The amendments to the State Plan pages may undergo further revisions before and after submittal to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) based upon public comment or CMS feedback. Comments will be due by December 14, 2023 and should be e-mailed to jody.l.farwell@dhhs.nh.gov or mailed to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Medicaid Services, 129 Pleasant Street–Brown Building, Concord, NH 03301-3857, ATTN: Jody Farwell.