The list below outlines mandatory Medicaid benefits, which states are required to provide under federal law, and optional benefits that states may cover if they choose.
| Mandatory Benefits | Optional Benefits |
| Inpatient Hospital Services | Prescription Drugs |
| Outpatient Hospital Services | Clinic Services |
| EPSDT: Early and periodic screening, diagnostic and treatment services | Physical therapy |
| Nursing Facility Services | Occupational therapy |
| Home Health Services | Speech, hearing and language disorder services |
| Physician Services | Respiratory care services |
| Rural Health Clinic Services | Other diagnostic, screening, preventative and rehabilitation services |
| Federally qualified health center services | Podiatry services |
| Laboratory and X-ray services | Optometry services |
| Family planning services | Dental services |
| Nurse Midwife Services | Dentures |
| Certified Pediatric and Family Nurse Practitioner services | Prosthetics |
| Freestanding Birth Center services (when licensed or otherwise recognized by the state) | Eyeglasses |
| Transportation to medical care | Chiropractic services |
| Tobacco cessation counseling for pregnant women | Other practitioner services |
| Private duty nursing services | |
| Personal Care | |
| Hospice | |
| Case Management | |
| Services for individuals age 85 or older in an institution for mental disease | |
| Services in an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disability | |
| State plan home and community based services- 1915(i) | |
| Self-directed personal assistance services- 1915(j) | |
| Community FIrst Choice Option- 1915(k) | |
| TB related services | |
| Inpatient psychiatric services for individuals under age 21 | |
| Other services approved by the Secretary* | |
| Health Homes for Enrollees with Chronic Conditions – Section 1945 |
Source: Medicaid.gov
