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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 10.09.04.05" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="04" heading="Limitations.">
  <text>The Program does not cover the following:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Nonskilled services rendered by licensed nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech pathologists;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Services and medical supplies that are not medically necessary and appropriate;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Durable medical equipment except as covered under COMAR 10.09.12;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Services primarily for the purpose of housekeeping, including but not limited to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Cleaning of floor and furniture;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Laundry; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Shopping;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Home health aide services unless biweekly supervisory visits by a registered nurse in the participant’s home are made, every second visit of which shall include observations of the delivery of services by the aide to the participant;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Home health aide services rendered to participants with chronic conditions when those participants require only assistance with activities of daily living as defined in Regulation .01B of this chapter unless preauthorized as specified in Regulation .06 of this chapter;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Meals;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>More than one visit per type of service per day, unless preauthorized as specified in Regulation .06 of this chapter;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>Any service or combination of services specified in Regulation .04 of this chapter and rendered during any 30-day period for which payments by the Program to the provider exceed the Medicaid average nursing facility rate unless preauthorized as specified in Regulation .06 of this chapter;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>Four or more hours of care per day whether the 4-hour limit is reached in one visit or in several visits in one day unless preauthorized as specified in Regulation .06 of this chapter;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="K.">
    <text>Services for investigational and experimental purposes;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="L.">
    <text>Services specified in Regulation .04 of this chapter to persons eligible for Medicare coverage of those services;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="M.">
    <text>A service not documented as received by the participant as indicated by the participant’s signature or the signature of a witness on the home health agency's official form;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="N.">
    <text>Supervisory visits by a registered nurse to monitor services of a home health aide;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="O.">
    <text>Initial assessments by a therapist or a registered nurse;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="P.">
    <text>Services provided for the convenience or preference of the participant or primary caregiver rather than as required by the participant’s medical condition;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="Q.">
    <text>Services specified in Regulation .04 of this chapter which duplicate or supplant services performed by the participant and those services rendered by the participant’s family;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="R.">
    <text>Services which are covered by other insurance or entitlement programs;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="S.">
    <text>Newborn early discharge services provided more than one time to a participant;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="T.">
    <text>A newborn early discharge visit provided on the same day as another skilled nursing visit billed under this chapter; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="U.">
    <text>Home health services ordered by an:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Individual who is not enrolled as a provider in the Program with an active status on the date of service; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Entity, facility, or another provider that is not an individual.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>