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Clarification on Billing for Services Provided by Limited License Speech Language Pathologists
Maryland Medicaid·MD · Speech Therapy·Speech/Language Pathologist
Effective date
May 11, 2023
We identified it
Jun 20, 2026
Summary
Effective May 11, 2023, limited license speech-language pathologists can no longer enroll as Maryland Medicaid providers and must be terminated. Limited license SLPs may continue providing services but must bill under the NPI of a fully licensed supervising SLP enrolled with Maryland Medicaid.
Action Required
Immediately: Billing team must verify all speech therapy claims are billed under fully licensed SLP NPIs only. Terminate any limited license SLP provider accounts in billing system. Update encounter forms to require supervising SLP NPI for all limited license SLP services. Claims billed under limited license SLP NPIs will be denied.