In accordance with public notice requirements established at 42 CFR 447.205, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA), Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning (OMPP) publishes this notice of proposed changes to the scheduling and payment of Nonemergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) services for the Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS) population. The public notice period will run 05/17/2023 through 06/16/2023.

FSSA – OMPP proposes to carve out all NEMT services for basic life support and advanced life support ambulance transportation from the Medicaid FFS NEMT brokerage. While the NEMT broker will assist OMPP in managing oversight and provider relations, the broker will no longer be provisioning NEMT ambulance transportation for the FFS Medicaid population. It is estimated there is no fiscal impact related to these changes. These changes will be effective July 1, 2023.

A copy of this notice is now on file at the Indiana Government Center South, 402 West Washington Street, Room W451, Indianapolis, Indiana and is open for public inspection. Also, a copy of this notice is now available and may be inspected by contacting the local county Division of Family Resources office, except in Marion County, where public inspection may be made at 402 West Washington Street, Room W374, Indianapolis, Indiana.

There will be no public hearing. Written comments may be directed to FSSA, Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning, Attention: Madison May-Gruthusen, 402 West Washington Street, Room W382, P.O. Box 7083, Indianapolis, IN 46207-7083 or by email to spacomment@fssa.in.gov. Correspondence should be identified in the following manner: COMMENT RE: NEMT AMBULANCE CARVE OUT. Written comments will be made available for public inspection at the address herein of the OMPP.

Daniel Rusyniak, MD

Secretary

Family and Social Services Administration