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Administrative Claiming for Nurse Advice Lines and for Skilled Professional Medical Personnel for Certain Behavioral Health Professionals (SMD 24-001)

This letter serves to amend two Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) policies
regarding the availability of federal financial participation (FFP) for administrative expenditures.
The first topic reverses long-standing CMS policy related to the availability of FFP for
administrative expenditures for Medicaid nurse advice lines (NALs).

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Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: February 26, 2024

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