DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance
GENERAL NOTICE
Proposed Amendment to
Access to Care Monitoring Review Plan (AMRP)
In accordance with the public notice requirements of 42 CFR 447.203(b) and Title 29, Chapter 101 of the Delaware Code, Delaware Health and Social Services (DHSS)/Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance (DMMA) gives notice related to the state's plan to comply with federal regulations requiring states to conduct analysis of their Access to Care Monitoring Review Plan (AMRP) every 3 years.
Background
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published regulations in the Federal Register (42 CFR 447.203 & 42 CFR 447.204) on November 2, 2015, effective January 4, 2016, that required states to review data and trends to evaluate access to care for covered services. It also required states to obtain public input on the adequacy of access to covered services in the Medicaid program to the extent that such care and services was available to the general population in the geographic area as required by section 1902(a)(30)(A) of the Social Security Act (the Act). The final rule required states to develop an Access to Care Monitoring Review Plan (AMRP) in which states would design appropriate approaches to demonstrate and monitor access to care, would reflect unique and evolving state service delivery models and service rate structures. The regulation also requires states to conduct this analysis every 3 years.
Purpose
The purpose of this posting is to provide public notice and receive public input for consideration regarding DMMA's Access to Care Monitoring Review Plan (AMRP).
Public Comment Submission Process
As required by 42 CFR 447.203(b), DHSS/DMMA must provide, at a minimum, a thirty-day public notice and comment period. The public is invited to review and comment on the State's proposed AMRP. Comments must be received by 4:30 p.m. on May 1, 2020. Comments and input regarding the proposed plan may be submitted in the following ways:
Please identify in the subject line: Access to Care Monitoring Review Plan (AMRP)
By fax: 302-255-4413 to the attention of Nicole Cunningham
By email: Nicole.M.Cunningham@delaware.gov
By written comment:
Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance
Attn: Nicole Cunningham
Planning, Policy & Quality Unit
1901 North DuPont Highway
P.O. Box 906
New Castle, Delaware 19720-0906
Stephen M. Groff 03/04/2020
Director Date
Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance
*Please Note: Due to the size of the Plan, it is not being published here. A PDF version is available at the following location:
Access to Care Monitoring Review Plan.pdf
http://regulations.delaware.gov/register/april2020/general/Access to Care Monitoring Review Plan.pdf
