Children Medicaid Services Resources

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  1. How to and Prepare for a Medicaid Appeal (October 2018): This 8-page document written by Disability Rights Maryland helps Medicaid applicants and recipients know their appeal rights if their services are denied, reduced, or terminated, and it provides guidance on how to pursue the Medicaid appeal process in Maryland.
  2. How to Appeal a Denial, Reduction, or Termination of Community First Choice Personal Assistance Services (October 2018): As a supplement to the more general guide on Medicaid service appeals, this document can be used in preparing for a hearing regarding Community First Choice (CFC) personal assistance services. It outlines the eligibility for the CFC program and the types of documents and evidence that you can prepare and use in a CFC hearing.
  3. Assistive Technology: School to Community Transition Project (October 2012): A short pamphlet describing DRM’s work in this area.
  4. Accessing Mental Health Services for Children in Maryland Through the Medical Assistance Medicaid EPSDT Benefit (September 2009): a fact sheet for you to use in order to help a child under the age of 21 to get medically necessary services through the Medical Assistance program.
  5. Accessing Services for Children with Developmental Disabilities in Maryland through Medical Assistance/Medicaid and MCHP (September 2009): a 10-page handbook about using Medicaid, Medical Assistance, and Maryland Children’s Health Program to get services for children with developmental disabilities.
  6. Access to Children’s Medical Services Through Medical Assistance (September 2009): A short, easy-to-read version of the handbook listed above.
    1. Related: Access to Children’s Mental Health Services Through Medical Assistance [Word Doc]
  7. Evidence-Based Practices for Delinquent Youth with Mental Illness in Maryland: Medicaid Must Cover These Cost-Effective Services (January 2007): This public report issued January 31, 2007, 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. DRM 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.
  8. Sample Service Request Letter (Word Doc)
  9. Sample Follow-Up Letter (Word Doc)