Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Part 2
Subtitle 09 - MEDICAL CARE PROGRAMS
Chapter 10.09.01 - Advanced Practice Nurse Services
Section 10.09.01.05 - Limitations
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
Under this chapter, the Program does not cover the following:
A. Services not medically necessary;
B. Services prohibited by the Maryland Nurse Practice Act or by the Board;
C. Advanced practice nursing services included as part of the cost of
D. Visits by or to the provider solely for the purpose of the following:
E. Drugs and supplies which are acquired by the provider at no cost;
F. Injections and visits solely for the administration of injections, unless medical necessity and the patient's inability to take oral medications are documented in the patient's medical record;
G. Services paid under the free-standing dialysis program as described in COMAR 10.09.22;
H. Immunizations required for travel outside the continental United States;
I. Prescriptions and injections for central nervous system stimulants and anorectic agents when used for weight control;
J. Acupuncture;
K. Hypnosis;
L. Travel expenses;
M. Investigational or experimental drugs and procedures;
N. Services denied by Medicare as not medically justified;
O. Specimen collection, except by venipuncture and capillary or arterial puncture, as a separate service;
P. Laboratory or X-ray services performed by another facility, which shall be billed to the Program directly by the facility; and
Q. For certified nurse midwives, a separate visit charge on date of delivery.