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Routine Notice Amended Final

Ohio Medicaid Alternative Benefit Plan Agency Name Change

Medicaid State Plan Amendments

Published March 26th, 2026

Detected March 30th, 2026

Summary

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved Ohio State Plan Amendment 25-0031, which updates the Alternative Benefit Plan to reflect an agency name change. The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services has been renamed to the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health. The amendment was approved on March 26, 2026, with an effective date of November 1, 2025.

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What changed

CMS approved Ohio's Medicaid State Plan Amendment TN 25-0031, which modifies the Alternative Benefit Plan to update a state agency name. The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (MHAS) is now officially referred to as the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health (DBH). This administrative change affects documentation references within Ohio's Medicaid program.

Compliance teams should verify that all internal Medicaid-related forms, contracts, and provider agreements reference the updated agency name. The amendment is effective retroactively as of November 1, 2025, though no new substantive obligations or reporting requirements are imposed. Questions may be directed to Keri Rosenbloom Toback at CMS.

What to do next

Update all Medicaid-related documentation and forms to reference the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) instead of Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (MHAS)
Review provider agreements and contracts for references to MHAS and update as necessary
Notify affected staff and stakeholders of the agency name change

Source document (simplified)

Table of Contents State/Territory Name: Ohio State Plan Amendment (SPA) #: 25-003

This file contains the following documents in the order listed:  Approval Letter  Form CMS-179  Approved $%3 SPA Pages

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 601 E. 12th St., Room 355 Kansas City, Missouri 64106

Medicaid and CHIP Operations Group

March 26, 2026 Scott R. Partika, Director Ohio Department of Medicaid P.O. Box 182709 50 West Town Street, Suite 400 Columbus, Ohio 43218 Re: Ohio State Plan Amendment (SPA) - 25-0031 Dear Director Partika: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reviewed your Medicaid State Plan Amendment (SPA) submitted under transmittal number (TN) OH-25-0031. This amendment proposes to amend the Alternative Benefit Plan due to an Ohio agency name change from the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (MHAS) to the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health (DBH). We conducted our review of your submittal according to statutory requirements in Title XIX of the Social Security Act and implementing regulations of 42 CFR 440, Subpart C. This letter informs you that Ohio’s Medicaid SPA TN 25-0031 was approved on March 26, 2026, with an effective date of November 1, 2025. Enclosed are copies of Form CMS-179 and approved SPA pages to be incorporated into the Ohio State Plan. If you have any questions, please contact Keri Rosenbloom Toback at (312) 353-1754 or via email at keri.toback@cms.hhs.gov. Sincerely,

Nicole McKnight On Behalf of Courtney Miller, MCOG Director Enclosures cc: Rebecca Jackson, ODM Gregory Niehoff, ODM Tamara Edwards, ODM Jan Covello, CMCS Keri Rosenbloom Toback, CMCS Christine Davidson, CMCS

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fotafi         Remove      fofi tafi          Remove      fofi tatyfofi bo           Remove        TN#:    fo ta fi          Remove     fofi tafi         Remove      fofita fi ur1y          Remove    TN#:       fota Add

 TN#: 

liJfi        Remove          fofita       Remove         fofita

TN#: 

Iii  0 fi                            ....     __,       fofita

 TN#: 

liJtyrn  rn      Remove         fofita  rn      Remove         fofita       Remove         TN#:   

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TN#:           fotata Remove          v        fofita Remove                fofifi

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Iii fi     fi   ....                                   gn       1 .... �  I   __,  �  I           fofita

TN#: 

liJ 0 a.fo(Ifi                        _,  I   _, I fofita Add

 

liJtr 0 fi  fi                                   fi _.  l    _. l   _. l fofita Add

 TN#: 

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fi ID fi  I I  fi   Remove        /IID

fi fi tifi  I I  fi   Remove        ta

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TN#:    fi    tifi     fi           ta fi   fi     fi         ta fi   tifi    I fi             ff   fi   fi            ta fi   fi          ta fi   tifi            TN#:   

 fi  fi       Remove        ta

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fi  tifi     Remove v       TN#:   

  Remove fi  fi  I   fi  v    1   1y

Remove fitifiI fi1 taRemove fitififi ff- · ..

      ta Remove fi fy fi  I   fi         tataff Remove fi   tifi  I    fi         ta

Remove fitifi fita

 I

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 TN#: 