Public Notices and Opportunities for Public Comment
This page lists public notices, announcements and meetings relating to the AHCCCS program. Topics seeking public input, including instructions for submitting public comments, are indicated under each area.
- 2020 Access Monitoring Review Plan (Posted 07/27/2020)
- 2020 Access Monitoring Review Public Notice (Posted 07/27/2020)
- 2017 Access Monitoring Review Public Notice (Posted 08/17/2017)
- 2017 Access Monitoring Review Plan (Posted 08/17/2017)
- 2017 Access Monitoring Analysis
- Access Monitoring Review Public Notice
- 2016 Access Monitoring Review Plan
- Access Monitoring Analysis
- CMS Final Rule
Arizona Long Term Care System (ALTCS) members and families: Give us your input on the person-centered service planning process. Person-centered service planning supports ALTCS members in planning and creating the life they want through services and supports.
AHCCCS is evaluating and revising person-centered service planning standards, practices and forms. We want to improve support for community integration so that members have full access to the benefits of community living. This initiative is part of the State’s plan to comply with the new Home and Community Based Settings Rules. Share your thoughts about the following:
- How does the current process support individuals to plan and create the life they want?
- How can we ensure the new process supports community integration for ALTCS members?
2023 PATH Grant Application
AHCCCS/DGI is requesting public comments regarding the 2023 PATH Grant Application. The goal of the grant is to reduce or eliminate homelessness for individuals with serious mental illness or co-occurring serious mental illness and substance use disorders who experience or are at imminent risk of becoming homeless. Please provide your comments, questions, or concerns to grantsmanagement@azahcccs.gov.
ACOM and AMPM Policies and related materials that have been opened for review/revisions and will serve to provide Tribal Consultation Notification/Public Comment can be found at the below location. This location allows stakeholders to review and submit comments regarding proposed revisions. The Policies will be open for comment for not more than 45 days unless otherwise stipulated. Should an expedited time period be utilized, the expedited time period will not be less than two weeks. The comment deadline will be specified on each document.
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Note: Federal law only requires notices of final rates for hospital services, nursing facility services and the services of Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities. For this reason, AHCCCS is not required to prepare final notices for all other services.
- Final Notice of Public Information- AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rate for H0015-Alcohol and/or drug services; intensive outpatient(Posted 05/01/2023)
- Notice of Public Information- Preliminary Notice- AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rate for H0015-Alcohol and/or drug services; intensive outpatient(Posted 04/05/2023)
- Final Notice of Public Information – Differential Adjusted Payments Effective for Dates of Service October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024(Posted 03/27/2023, Revised 4/6/23)
- Preliminary Notice of Public Information - Differential Adjusted Payments - Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facilities Effective for Dates of Service October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023(Posted 03/1/2023)
- Preliminary Notice of Public Information – Differential Adjusted Payments Effective for Dates of Service October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024(Posted 02/3/2023, Revised 03/03/23)
- Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) Rates for Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Effective January 1, 2023(Posted 12/30/2022)
- Final Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) Rates for Nursing Facility Effective for dates of service on and after 01/01/2023(Posted 12/05/2022)
- Final Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) Rates for Home and Community-Based Services effective for dates of service on and after 01/01/2023 (Posted 12/05/2022)
- Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) Rates for APR-DRG Hospital Inpatient Rates effective for dates of service on and after 01/01/2023(Posted 12/01/2022)
- Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) Rates for Home and Community-Based Services effective for dates of service on and after 01/01/2023(Posted 10/06/2022)
- Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) Rates for Nursing Facility effective for dates of service on and after 01/01/2023(Posted 10/06/2022)
- Final Notice of Public Information-AHCCCS Fee-for-Service Rates for New Services Effective October 1, 2022(Posted 09/23/2022)
- Final Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rates for designated fee schedules for dates of service beginning October 1, 2022 (Revised)(Posted 9/13/2022)
- Final Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rates for designated fee schedules for dates of service beginning October 1, 2022(Posted 8/31/2022)
- Notice of Public Information – Preliminary Notice – AHCCCS Fee-For Service (FFS) rates for designated fee schedules for dates of service beginning October 1, 2022(Posted 7/13/2022)
- Final Notice of Public Information - Differential Adjusted Payments Effective October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023 Dates of Service (Revised)(Posted 03/18/2022; Revised 08/01/2022)
- Preliminary Notice of Public Information - Differential Adjusted Payments Effective October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023 Dates of Service (Revised) (Posted 01/28/2022; Revised 02/10/2022)
- Final Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) Rates for Nursing Facility effective for dates of service on and after 01/01/2022 (Posted 12/01/2021)
- Final Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) Rates for Home and Community-Based Services effective for dates of service on and after 01/01/2022 (Posted 12/01/2021)
- Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) Rates for Home and Community-Based Services effective for dates of service on and after 01/01/2022(Posted 10/07/2021)
- Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) Rates for Nursing Facility Effective for dates of service on and after 01/01/2022(Posted 10/07/2021)
- Final Notice of Public Information – AHCCCS Fee-For Service (FFS) rates for designated fee schedules for dates of service beginning October 1, 2021(Posted 8/30/2021)
- Notice of Public Information – Preliminary Notice – AHCCCS Fee-For Service (FFS) rates for designated fee schedules for dates of service beginning October 1, 2021(Posted 7/15/2021)
- Final Notice of Public Information - Differential Adjusted Payments Effective October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 Dates of Service (Revised)(Revised 3/25/2022)
- Notice of Public Information – AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rates for Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) Wait Time code beginning February 22, 2021 (Posted 2/22/2021)
- Preliminary Notice of Public Information - Differential Adjusted Payments Effective October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 Dates of Service (Revised) (Posted 2/3/2021)
- Final Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) Rates for Home and Community-Based Services effective for dates of service on and after January 1, 2021 (Posted 11/30/2020)
- Final Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) Rates for Nursing Facility Effective for dates of service on and after January 1, 2021 (Posted 11/30/2020)
- Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) Rates for Home and Community-Based Services effective for dates of service on and after January 1, 2021 (Posted 10/27/2020)
- Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) Rates for Nursing Facility Effective for dates of service on and after January 1, 2021 (Posted 10/27/2020)
- Final Notice of Public Information - Differential Adjusted Payments Effective October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021 Dates of Service (Revised) (Posted 09/29/2020)
- Notice of Public Information – Final Notice – AHCCCS Fee-For Service (FFS) rates for designated fee schedules for dates of service beginning October 1, 2020 (Posted 09/01/2020)
- Notice of Public Information – Final Notice - AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rates for Influenza specific codes beginning September 1, 2020 (Posted 09/01/2020)
- Notice of Public Information – Preliminary Notice- AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rates for Influenza specific codes beginning September 1, 2020 (Posted 08/19/2020)
- Notice of Public Information – Preliminary Notice – AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rates for designated fee schedules for dates of service beginning October 1, 2020 (Posted 7/15/2020)
- Final Notice of Public Information - Differential Adjusted Payments Effective October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021 Dates of Service (Revised) (Posted 7/15/2020)
- Final Notice of Public Information - Differential Adjusted Payments Effective October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021 Dates of Services (Posted 05/27/2020)
- Notice of Public Information - Differential Adjusted Payments Effective October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021 Dates of Service (Posted 03/06/2020)
- Notice of Public Information - Final Notice - AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) and Managed Care Organization (MCO) rates for designated fee schedules for dates of service beginning October 1, 2019 (Posted 09/30/2019)
- Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rates for Proposition 206 – Home and Community based Services (HCBS) effective for dates of service from October 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019 and January 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020 (Posted 08/13/2019)
- Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rates for Proposition 206 - Nursing Facilities effective for dates of service from October 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019 and January 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020 (Posted 08/13/2019)
- Notice of Public Information - Preliminary Notice - AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rates for designated fee schedules for dates of service beginning October 1, 2019 (Posted 07/12/2019)
- Final Notice of Public Information - Differential Adjusted Payments Effective October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020 Dates of Service (Revised) (Posted 05/21/2019)
- Final Notice of Public Information - Differential Adjusted Payments Effective October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020 Dates of Service
- Notice of Public Information - AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) proposed provider type and rates for Transportation Network Companies (TNC) effective for dates of service on and after May 1, 2019
- Notice of Public Information - Differential Adjusted Payments Effective October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020 Dates of Service
- Final Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rates for Nursing Facilities effective for dates of service on and after January 1, 2019
- Final Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rates for Home and Community Based Services effective for dates of service on and after January 1, 2019
- Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rates for Home and Community Based Services effective for dates of service on and after January 1, 2019 (Posted 11/29/2018)
- Notice of Public Information AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rates for Nursing Facilities effective for dates of service on and after January 1, 2019 (Posted 11/29/2018)
- Notice of Public Information - Final Notice - AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rates for designated fee schedules for dates of service beginning October 1, 2018 (Posted 8/31/2018)
- Notice of Public Information - Preliminary Notice - AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rates and rate-setting methodology change for Federally Qualified Health Centers for dates of service beginning October 1, 2018 (Posted 06/27/2018)
- Notice of Public Information - Preliminary Notice - AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rates for designated fee schedules for dates of service beginning October 1, 2018 (Posted 06/22/2018)
- Final Notice of Public Information – Differential Adjusted Payments Effective October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019 Dates of Service (Posted 05/22/2018)
- Notice of Public Information - Differential Adjusted Payments Effective October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019 Dates of Service (Posted 03/16/2018)
- Final Notice of Changes in Payment Rates - Fee-For-Service Nursing Facility rates for dates of service on and after January 1, 2018 (Posted 02/12/2018)
- Notice of Public Information - AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) Rates for Home and Community-Based Services Effective for Dates of Service On and After 01/01/2018 (Posted 11/30/2017)
- Notice of Public Information - AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) Rates for Nursing Facility Services Effective for Dates of Service On and After 01/01/2018 (Posted 11/30/2017)
- Notice of Public Information - Final Notice - AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rates for designated fee schedules for dates of service beginning October 1, 2017 and proposed 340B pharmacy dispensing fee beginning January 1, 2018. (Posted 11/21/2017)
- Notice of Public Information - AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) proposed rates for designated fee schedules for dates of service beginning October 1, 2017 and proposed 340B pharmacy dispensing fee beginning January 1, 2018. (Posted 08/17/2017)
- Final Notice of Changes in Payment Rates - Fee-For-Service Nursing Facility rates for dates of service on and after July 1, 2017 (Posted 07/10/2017)
- Notice of Public Information - AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) Rates for Home and Community-Based Services Effective for Dates of Service On and After 07/01/2017 (Posted 06/30/2017)
- Notice of Public Information - Proposed AHCCCS Fee-For-Service Rates (FFS) for Nursing Facilities Effective for Dates of Service On and After 07/01/2017 (Posted 06/02/2017)
- Notice of Public Information - Value Based Purchasing (VBP) Differential Adjusted Payments Effective October 1, 2017 and January 1, 2018 through September 30, 2018 Dates of Service (Posted 03/31/2017)
- Notice of Public Information - Value Based Purchasing (VBP) Differential Adjusted Payments Effective October 1, 2017 – September 30, 2018 Dates of Service (Posted 01/18/2017; Re-posted 01/20/2017)
- Final Notice of Changes in Payment Rates - Fee-For-Service Nursing Facility and Home and Community-Based Service rates for dates of service on and after January 1, 2017 (Posted 12/30/2016)
- Notice of Public Information - AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) proposed rates for the Home and Community-Based Services Fee Schedule and the Nursing Facility per diem rates to be effective for dates of service on and after January 1, 2017, and capitation rate adjustments beginning January 1, 2017. (Posted 12/14/2016)
- Notice of Public Information - Final AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rates
- Effective Date: 10/01/2016 and 01/01/2017
- Posted on AHCCCS Website: 09/23/2016
- Notice of Public Information - AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) proposed rates for Hospital-Based Freestanding Emergency Departments for dates of service beginning January 1, 2017 and the Inpatient Hospital APR-DRG rates for high-acuity pediatric cases for dates of discharge beginning January 1, 2017. (Posted 08/04/2016)
- Notice of Public Information - AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) proposed rates for designated fee schedules for dates of service beginning October 1, 2016 and proposed supplemental payments for nursing facilities beginning January 1, 2017. (Posted 07/18/2016)
- Notice of Public Information - Value Based Purchasing (VBP) Differential Adjusted Rates for Integrated Clinics Effective October 1, 2016 - September 30, 2017 Dates of Service (Posted 04/22/2016)
- Notice of Public Information - Value Based Purchasing (VBP) Differential Adjusted Payments Effective October 1, 2016 - September 30, 2017 Dates of Service (Posted 12/03/2015)
- Notice of Public Information - Proposed AHCCCS Fee-For-Service Rates (FFS) for Air Ambulance Transportation
- Effective Date: 01/01/2016
- Posted on AHCCCS Website: 11/25/2015
- Notice of Public Information - Proposed AHCCCS Fee-For-Service Rates (FFS) for Hospice
- Effective Date: 01/01/2016
- Posted on AHCCCS Website: 11/25/2015
- Notice of Public Information - Final AHCCCS Final Fee-For-Service (FFS) rates
- Effective Date: 10/01/2015 and 01/01/2016
- Posted on AHCCCS Website: 11/12/2015
- Notice of Public Information - Proposed AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rates
- Effective Date: 10/01/2015 and 01/01/2016
- Posted on AHCCCS Website: 06/22/2015
- Notice of Public Information - Proposed AHCCCS Emergency Ground Transportation
- Posted on AHCCCS Website: 06/12/2015
Hospitals
- Graduate Medical Education Funding for FY 2023
- Posted on AHCCCS website: 07/27/2022
- Graduate Medical Education Funding for FY 2022
- Posted on AHCCCS website: 08/03/2021
- Graduate Medical Education Funding for FY 2021
- Posted on AHCCCS website: 08/11/2020
- Graduate Medical Education Funding for FY 2020
- Posted on AHCCCS website: 08/02/2019
- Graduate Medical Education Funding for FY 2019
- Posted on AHCCCS website: 08/24/2018
- Graduate Medical Education Funding for FY 2018
- Posted on AHCCCS website: 08/21/2017
- Graduate Medical Education Funding for FY 2017
- Posted on AHCCCS website: 08/12/2016
- Graduate Medical Education Funding for FY 2016
- DSH
- DSH Funding for FY 2023
- Posted on AHCCCS website: 07/25/2022
- DSH Funding for FY 2022 Revised
- Posted on AHCCCS website: 07/25/2022
- DSH Funding for FY 2022
- Posted on AHCCCS website: 08/11/2021
- DSH Funding for FY 2021 Revised
- Posted on AHCCCS website: 07/25/2022
- DSH Funding for FY 2021
- Posted on AHCCCS website: 08/11/2020
- DSH Funding for FY 2020
- Posted on AHCCCS website: 08/06/2019
- Notice of Public Information - Final Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Changes
- Approved Waiver Changes
- Notice of Public Information - Proposed Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver Changes
- Proposed DSH Waiver Language
- May 21, 2015 Public Hearing
- DSH Funding for FY 2023
Nursing Facilities
- Notice of Public Information – Preliminary Notice – AHCCCS Proposed Nursing Facility Assessment and Supplemental Payments for October 1, 2022
- Effective Date: On and after 10/01/2022
- Posted on AHCCCS website: 07/13/2022
- Notice of Public Information - Final Notice Proposed Nursing Facility Supplemental Payments for Out of State Facilities
- Effective Date: On and after 10/01/2015
- Posted on AHCCCS website: 01/25/2016
- Notice of Public Information - Proposed Nursing Facility Supplemental Payments for Out of State Facilities
- Effective Date: On and after 10/01/2015
- Posted on AHCCCS website: 12/15/2015
- Published in the Arizona Administrative Register: 01/08/2016
This section contains public notices for all State Plan Amendments (SPAs) other than rate and supplemental change SPAs. For public notices relating to rate and supplemental payment changes, please refer to the “Rates and Supplemental Payments” section above.
2023
2022
- Drug Utilization Review (DUR) Program
- Community Health Worker Services
- FQHC/RHC GME Program
- Continuous Eligibility for CHIP Members
- Diabetes Self Management Training (DSMT)
- Addition of Chiropractors’ Services
- Postpartum Coverage Extension
- CHIP: Rescinded PHE Flexibilities
- Crisis Intervention Services
- Pharmacy Tech/Intern Vaccine Administration
- Temporary Suspension of Cost Sharing
- COVID-19 Vaccine Coverage
- COVID-19 Testing Coverage
- COVID-19 Treatment Coverage