MedicaidReimbursementMedium impact
Medicaid rates for administrative days
Maryland Medicaid·MD · Psychiatry, Critical Care·Hospital
Effective date
Jul 1, 2006
We identified it
Jun 20, 2026
Summary
Maryland Medicaid updated payment rates for administrative days effective July 1, 2006. New rates are $342.00/day for psychiatric patients awaiting residential placement, $627.08/day for ventilator patients no longer requiring hospital care, and $193.21/day for all other qualifying administrative days.
Action Required
Maryland hospital billing teams must update their systems with new Medicaid administrative day rates: $342.00 for psychiatric patients awaiting residential placement, $627.08 for ventilator patients not requiring hospital care, and $193.21 for other administrative days. Contact 410-767-1722 for acute care hospitals or 410-767-1736 for special hospitals with policy questions, and 410-767-5361 for billing questions.