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Good Faith Effort Exemption Requests: Home Health Care Services

This table lists the states that have submitted electronic visit verification (EVV) good faith effort exemption requests to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for Home Health Care Services (HHCS). It includes the status of the state’s request, the date the request was submitted, and the date the request was approved (if applicable). The table is updated every two weeks. Please note that if a state is absent from this table it means they have not submitted a request. View more information about the good faith effort exemption request process.

State Status Submission Date Approval Date
Alabama Approved 11/1/2022 01/24/2023
Arkansas Approved 10/19/2022 12/01/2022
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Approved 12/29/2022 02/22/2022
Connecticut Approved 9/12/2022 10/28/2022
District of Columbia Approved 11/3/2022 1/3/2023
Guam Under Review 02/9/2023
Georgia Approved 9/19/2022 11/17/2022
Illinois Approved 11/30/2022 02/10/2023
Indiana Approved 8/29/2022 10/28/2022
Iowa Approved 10/4/2022 11/02/2022
Kansas Approved 8/31/2022 11/03/2022
Kentucky Approved 10/12/2022 11/17/2022
Louisiana Approved 8/5/2022 10/25/2022
Maryland Approved 10/28/2022 12/14/2022
Massachusetts Approved 10/26/2022 01/24/2023
Michigan Approved 8/23/2022 10/28/2022
Minnesota Approved 11/30/2022 01/24/2023
Mississippi Approved 10/21/2022 12/14/2022
Missouri Approved 8/9/2022 11/03/2022
Montana Approved 9/27/2022 11/17/2022
Nebraska Approved 9/9/2022 10/28/2022
Nevada Approved 11/7/2022 01/24/2023
New Hampshire Approved 10/25/2022 12/01/2022
New Mexico Approved 10/24/2022 1/4/2023
New York Approved 8/8/2022 10/20/2022
North Carolina Approved 10/14/2022 11/08/2022
North Dakota Approved 9/27/2022 12/01/2022
Oklahoma Approved 10/28/2022 12/14/2022
Oregon Approved 11/23/2022 01/24/2023
Pennsylvania Approved 9/20/2022 10/28/2022
Rhode Island Approved 8/12/2022 12/14/2022
South Carolina Approved 10/26/2022 02/22/2023
South Dakota Approved 10/28/2022 12/14/2022
Tennessee Approved 11/28/2022 01/24/2023
Texas Approved 7/1/2022 10/18/2022
U.S. Virgin Islands Approved 11/1/2022 01/27/2023
Utah Approved 9/7/2022 12/01/2022
Vermont Approved 9/22/2022 10/28/2022
Virginia Approved 8/15/2022 11/03/2022
Washington Approved 10/20/2022 11/17/2022
West Virginia Approved 10/31/2022 1/4/2023
Wisconsin Approved 8/3/2022 10/20/2022
Wyoming Approved 10/6/2022 11/03/2022