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Home Health Services – Elimination of “Homebound” Requirement
Maryland Medicaid·MD·Home Health
Effective date
Oct 27, 2000
We identified it
Jun 20, 2026
Summary
Maryland Medicaid has eliminated the 'homebound' requirement for home health services eligibility, effective immediately. Medicaid recipients can now receive home health services when medically necessary and appropriate, regardless of homebound status.
Action Required
Immediately: Billing teams for Maryland providers must update home health eligibility verification procedures to remove homebound status checks for Medicaid recipients. Update documentation requirements to focus on medical necessity, appropriateness, and part-time/intermittent delivery criteria. Train staff on new eligibility guidelines that services must be ordered by physician, consistent with diagnosis/treatment, delivered in most integrated setting, and limited to 4 hours per day.