The latest news items from the Mississippi Division of Medicaid and notices for providers and beneficiaries are posted below.
CMS approved State Plan Amendment (SPA) 20-0015 Telehealth Emergency Template effective March 1, 2020
May 11, 20200Read moreThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved SPA 20-0015 on May 7, 2020. SPA 20-015 allows for flexibilities regarding telehealth services during a state of emergency as declared...
Cost-Sharing Waived for COVID-19 Related Services
May 8, 2020Read moreAttention All Providers: Cost-Sharing Waived for COVID-19 Related Services In order to comply with Section 6008(b)(4) of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the Division of Medicaid (DOM) is suspending...
Mississippi hospitals to receive emergency accelerated payments from Medicaid
May 5, 2020Read moreSupplemental payments to be advanced in May In an effort to help Mississippi hospitals combat the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Tate Reeves has announced that the Mississippi Division of Medicaid...
TBI/SCI Waiver Renewal and 1915(b)(4) renewal application submitted to CMS
May 1, 2020Read moreThe Division of Medicaid has submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) the following Traumatic Brain Injury/Spinal Cord Injury (TBI/SCI) Waiver renewal and 1915(b)(4) renewal application....
CMS approves DOM’s Appendices K: Emergency Preparedness and Response
April 17, 2020Read moreThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved the Mississippi Division of Medicaid’s Appendices K: Emergency Preparedness and Response in response to the COVID-19 outbreak for the...
