Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved amendments to five family planning section 1115 demonstrations to identify sexually transmitted infection (STI)/sexually transmitted disease (STD) screening as a family planning service and, for four demonstrations, STI/STD diagnosis services as a family planning-related service to conform with State Medicaid Director Letters #10-013, #14-003, and #16-008.
The five demonstrations that had amendments approved today are:
Three family planning demonstrations, Alabama Plan First, Florida Medicaid Family Planning Waiver, and Washington Family Planning Only Program, had extensions approved today and the extensions include the above referenced amendments.
