Virginia home health Medicaid bonds.
$1,000 flat.
A home health agency that participates in Virginia Medicaid must post a $50,000 surety bond under federal rule 42 CFR 441.16, naming the Medicaid agency (Virginia DMAS) as obligee. Ours is $1,000 flat — the premium set by our carrier's rate book for this bond, identical for every agency. Issued when you pay.
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How much does a Virginia home health Medicaid bond cost?
$1,000 at the $50,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps to enrolled.
Your Medicaid participation is waiting on this bond. Here is the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Agency details, owner information, your DMAS provider number, and an effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & file with DMAS
Pay online and receive the executed $50,000 bond naming Virginia DMAS as obligee, ready to file with your Medicaid provider enrollment. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the agency insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
When a home health agency enrolls as a Virginia Medicaid provider, federal law requires it to post a surety bond. The rule comes from the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and is codified at 42 CFR 441.16 — every Medicaid-participating home health agency must obtain and maintain the bond and furnish a copy to the state Medicaid agency, the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS).
The bond is a program-integrity guarantee: it names your agency as principal, the Medicaid agency (DMAS) as obligee, and the surety company as surety. It stands behind uncollected overpayments — Medicaid funds your agency owes back that have not been recouped — so the surety pays on DMAS's written demand with sufficient evidence of liability.
The amount is $50,000. The rule originally said $50,000 or 15% of annual Medicaid payments, whichever is greater, but the 15% alternative expired in 2005, so $50,000 is the standard minimum (DMAS can require more based on an agency's overpayment history). It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Let the bond lapse and your provider agreement can be denied or terminated, so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $50,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
E-sign & file with DMAS. Pay online and receive the executed $50,000 bond naming Virginia DMAS as obligee, ready to file with your Medicaid provider enrollment. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the agency insists.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $1,000 at the $50,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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Your DMAS enrollment is waiting on one document.
$1,000 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.