What is the Maryland Healthy Kids Program?
The Maryland Healthy Kids Program is the preventive, well-child, component of the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) Program for the State of Maryland. The EPSDT Program is a federal requirement that mandates that States cover certain benefits for Medicaid recipients from birth through 20 years of age, benefits that are not necessarily covered for recipients who are 21 years of age and older. The Maryland Healthy Kids Program and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene offer services to EPSDT providers including training and support services provided by our nurse consultants and free vaccines through the Vaccines for Children Program. Maryland Medicaid also operates similar programs for moderate to low-income children, who are eligible for Medicaid through the Maryland Childrens Health Program (MCHP) and MCHP Premium Program. Medicaid, MCHP and MCHP Premium provide children with the same comprehensive EPSDT benefit package and all fall under the
