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Maryland Medicaid
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* Does your child’s doctor or medical professional say your child needs a medical service, therapy or equipment that Medicaid has denied?

* Have you been told “Medicaid doesn’t cover that” with regard to something your child’s doctor says he needs?

* Does a developmentally disabled adult who is covered by Medicaid need a medical service, therapy or equipment that Medicaid has denied?

* Is a developmentally disabled child or adult that you know in a Medicaid Waiver (like the Community Pathways Waiver or the New Directions Waiver) being told by the Developmental Disabilities Administration that they cannot get services (or increase in services) they need because of a lack of funding?

These are just a few of the issues that MDLC’s children’s Medicaid project may be able to help you address. For more information or to request legal representation for these types of issues, please call our intake office Monday through Friday between 10a.m. and noon at 410.727.6352.

HOMES project
In late 2004 MDLC began an initiative to provide information and/or representation to children and young adults under 21 years of age who have developmental disabilities and are having difficulty obtaining community health services under the Maryland Medical Assistance (Medicaid) Program. This project is called Helping Obtain Medicaid Essential Services (HOMES) for children with developmental disabilities. Read our HOMES outreach flyer. For more in-depth information, click on our Publications link below to see a list of MDLC Medicaid handbooks and fact sheets.

Evidence-based practices
MDLC issued a public report on January 31, 2007 titled Evidence-Based Practices for Delinquent Youth with Mental Illness in Maryland: Medicaid Must Cover These Cost Effective Services. This report makes the case that Maryland must cover three evidence-based practices (EBPs) for delinquent youth with mental illness who need them under the State’s Medicaid program. These practices -- Functional Family Therapy, Multisystemic Therapy, and Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care -- have been demonstrated to reduce juvenile violence and delinquency, thus improving outcomes for youth and saving states money at the same time. MDLC makes recommendations for state agency action to add these practices to its State Medicaid Plan and take advantage of federal matching funds that other states have been able to receive for these services.

Publications