DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FORM …

1 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FORM APPROVED. HEALTH care financing administration OMB NO. 0938-0193. TRANSMITTAL AND NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF 1. TRANSMITTAL NUMBER: 2. STATE. STATE PLAN MATERIAL 18-002 CA. 3. PROGRAM IDENTIFICATION: TITLE XIX OF THE. FOR: HEALTH care financing administration . SOCIAL SECURITY ACT (MEDICAID). TO: REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR 4. PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE. HEALTH care financing administration January 1, 2018. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES . 5. TYPE OF PLAN MATERIAL (Check One): NEW STATE PLAN AMENDMENT TO BE CONSIDERED AS NEW PLAN AMENDMENT.

2 COMPLETE BLOCKS 6 THRU 10 IF THIS IS AN AMENDMENT (Separate Transmittal for each amendment). 6. FEDERAL STATUTE/REGULATION CITATION: 7. FEDERAL BUDGET IMPACT: SSA section 1905(a)(2), (a)(5), and (a)(13); Section 1902(k)(1), Section a. FFY 2018 $0. 1937 b. FFY 2019 $0. 8. PAGE NUMBER OF THE PLAN SECTION OR ATTACHMENT: 9. PAGE NUMBER OF THE SUPERSEDED PLAN SECTION. Attachment , pages 1-57 OR ATTACHMENT (If Applicable): Attachment , pages 1-57. 10. SUBJECT OF AMENDMENT: ABP Updates: physician service allergy injections; rehabilitation: pulmonary rehabilitation; SERVICES by marriage and family therapists as a billable encounter in Federally Qualified HEALTH Centers and Rural HEALTH Clinics.

3 11. GOVERNOR'S REVIEW (Check One): GOVERNOR'S OFFICE REPORTED NO COMMENT OTHER, AS SPECIFIED: COMMENTS OF GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ENCLOSED The Governor's Office does not NO REPLY RECEIVED WITHIN 45 DAYS OF SUBMITTAL wish to review the State Plan Amendment. 12. SIGNATURE OF STATE AGENCY OFFICIAL: 16. RETURN TO: ORIGNAL SIGNED. DEPARTMENT of HEALTH care SERVICES 13. TYPED NAME: Attn: State Plan Coordinator Mari Cantwell 1501 Capitol Avenue, MS 4506. 14. TITLE: Box 997417. State Medicaid Director Sacramento, CA 95899-7417. 15. DATE SUBMITTED: 3/22/2018. FOR REGIONAL OFFICE USE ONLY.

4 17. DATE RECEIVED: 18. DATE APPROVED: PLAN APPROVED ONE COPY ATTACHED. 19. EFFECTIVE DATE OF APPROVED MATERIAL: 20. SIGNATURE OF REGIONAL OFFICIAL: 21. TYPED NAME: 22. TITLE: 23. REMARKS: FORM HCFA-179 (07-92). Alternative Benefit Plan State Name: lcalifornia Attachment ---------------- . - 0MB Control Number: 0938-1148. Transmittal Number: CA - 18 - 0002 0MB Expiration date: l 0/31/2014. Benefits Description y5- The state/territory proposes a "Benchmark-Equivalent" benefit package. INo I. Benefits Included in Alternative Benefit Plan Enter the specific name of the base benchmark plan selected: The Standard Blue Cross/Blue Shield Preferred Provider Option-Federal Employees HEALTH Benefit Program (FEHBP).

5 Enter the specific name of the section 1937 coverage option selected, if other than Secretary-Approved. Otherwise, enter I. "Secretary-Approved.". S"retary-Apprnved I. Page 1 of 44. Alternative Benefit Plan 1. Essential HEALTH Benefit: Ambulatory patient SERVICES Collapse All 0. II I. Benefit Provided: Source: II. Remove !Hospital Outpatient & Outpatient Clinic SERVICES state Plan l 905(a). Authorization: Provider Qualifications: IPrior Authorization I !Medicaid State Plan I. Amount Limit: Duration Limit: !see below 111 one I. Scope Limit: jNone Other information regarding this benefit, including the specific name of the source plan if it is not the base benchmark plan: The following outpatient SERVICES are limited to a maximum of two SERVICES in any one calendar month or any combination of two SERVICES per month: acupuncture, audiology, occupational therapy, podiatry, and speech therapy; may exceed limit for medical necessity with Treatment Authorization Request (TAR).

6 Includes Indian HEALTH SERVICES . I I I. Benefit Provided: Source: II. Remove !Outpatient Hospital: Outpatient Surgery state Plan 1905(a). Authorization: Provider Qualifications: !other I !Medicaid State Plan I. Amount Limit: Duration Limit: lsee below I !None I. Scope Limit: I Frequency limits of once per lifetime on some surgeries. I. Other information regarding this benefit, including the specific name of the source plan if it is not the base benchmark plan: Includes anesthesiologist SERVICES . I. Benefit Provided: !other Licensed Practitioners: Podiatry I.

7 Source: !state Plan 1905(a). I I. Remove I. Authorization: Provider Qualifications: !other I !Medicaid State Plan I. Amount Limit: Duration Limit: 12 per month J INone I. Scope Limit: IPregnant women and EPSDT covered. Other beneficiaries are only covered in hospital outpatient departments and organized outpatient clinics, FQHCs and RHCs. Page 2 of 44. Alternative Benefit Plan Other information regarding this benefit, including the specific name of the source plan if it is not the base benchmark plan: - - Outpatient SERVICES are limited to a maximum of two SERVICES in any one calendar month or any combination of two SERVICES per month from the following SERVICES : acupuncture, audiology, chiropractic, occupational therapy, podiatry and speech therapy; may exceed limit for medical necessity with a TAR.

8 BenefitProvided: I other LicensedPractitioners: Chiropractic I. Source: I state Plan 1905(a). I 1 . Remove I. Authorization: Provider Qualifications: Iother I !Medicaid StatePlan I. Amount Limit: Duration Limit: 12 p r month I INone I. Scope Limit: ! Pregnant women and EPSDT covered. Other beneficiaries are only covered in FQHCs and RHCs. Other information regarding this benefit, including the specific name of the source plan if it is not the base benchmark plan: Outpatient SERVICES are limited to a maximum of two SERVICES in any one calendar month or any combination of two SERVICES per month from the following SERVICES : acupuncture, audiology, chiropractic, occupational therapy, podiatry and speech therapy; may exceed limit for medical necessity with a TAR.

9 II I. Benefit Provided: Source: I. Remove !Physician SERVICES lstatePlan 1905(a). Authorization: Provider Qualifications: INone I !Medicaid State Plan I. Amount Limit: Duration Limit: INone I !None I. Scope Limit: IScope of Iicensure. I. Other information regarding this benefit, including the specific name of the source plan if it is not the base benchmark plan: BenefitProvided: !outpatient Hospital: Treatment Therapies Source: 1 lstatePlan 1905(a). II. Rem0ve I. Authorization: Provider Qualifications: Iother I !Medicaid StatePlan I. Amount Limit: Duration Limit: INone I INone I.

10 Page 3 of 44. Alternative Benefit Plan Scope Limit: !None Other information regarding this benefit, including the specific name of the source plan if it is not the base benchmark plan: Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, Intensive-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), renal dialysis, IV/. infusion therapy, medication management. II I. Benefit Provided: Source: !Physician SERVICES : Allergy care II. Remove state Plan l 905(a). Authorization: Provider Qualifications: !None j jl\/Jcdicaid State Plan I. Amount Limit: Duration Limit: jNone j jNone I. Scope Limit: !