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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 10.67.06.05" title_num="10" subtitle_num="67" chapter_num="06" heading="Benefits — Home Health Services.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Subject to the conditions specified in §B of this regulation, an MCO shall provide to its enrollees medically necessary home health services, including:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Skilled nursing services, including the supervisory visits required by §A(2) of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Home health aide services, including biweekly supervisory visits by a registered nurse in the recipient's home, every second visit of which includes observations of the delivery of services by the aide to the enrollee;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Physical therapy services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Occupational therapy services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Speech pathology services; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Medical supplies that are used during a home health visit.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An MCO shall provide the home health services specified in §A of this regulation that are:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Certified by the enrollee's PCP or by the enrollee's attending physician to be required on a part-time, intermittent basis; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Rendered in the enrollee's home.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>