Content Overview
- Summary
- Do What You Need To Do To Keep Medicaid
- When You Apply For Medicaid, Submit Prior Unpaid Medical Bills
- Notify Medicaid of Changes
- If You Receive Medicaid Because You Qualify For Supplemental Security Income (SSI), You Don't Have To Lose Medicaid Even If You Lose SSI Because Of An Increase in SSDI Due To Inflation
- Find A Medicaid Provider Who Meets Your Criteria And Who Knows The Medicaid System
- Get Your Prescriptions Through A Medicaid Participating Pharmacy
- Take Advantage Of Dental Coverage
- If You Can, Get Medicaid To Pay Health Insurance Premiums.
- If Necessary, Learn How To Survive In A Medicaid HMO
- Notify Medicaid If You Obtain Or Become Eligible For Health Insurance While Receiving Medicaid
- If You Receive Home Care, Work With The Agency In Charge Of Your Care To Maximize The Services You Receive.
Medicaid: How To Maximize Use
If You Receive Home Care, Work With The Agency In Charge Of Your Care To Maximize The Services You Receive.
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After you are qualified to receive Medicaid you then must qualify for actual services.
If you receive home care, the visiting home nurse will act as liaison between you and your doctor and the system. The nurse will also take care of any supplies you need, such as wheel chairs as well as any services, such as a physical therapist. If you need some type of ambulette or ambulance service to and from a medical appointment or to and from a hospital, you call the company in charge of your home care.
The company likely also has a consulting doctor. If you can't leave your home and you need a doctor, there is generally a doctor who is under contract and who will make a house call for you.
If you don't get what you want from a home health attendant or a health aide, ask for it. Start with a pleasant but firm way. If you make several attempts to get what you want and you still don't get it, or if you're not comfortable with the person, then you have to have a person replaced. Call and tell the agency. They will replace the person with somebody else.
Don't expect a home care worker to take the initiative to take care of your house on their own. If you're not feeling up to it, ask a friend stop in and make sure that the right thing is being done.
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