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Officials with the Department of Health and Hospitals today announced they have developed a process where Medicaid caseworkers will have direct access to the Vital Records Registry system to verify citizenship for Medicaid applicants and enrollees.
A new federal law that goes into effect July 1 will mandate that all people applying for Medicaid will be required to provide documents proving both U.S. citizenship and identity. All current enrollees who apply for renewal after July 1 will also be required to submit this documentation. These policy changes are being enacted to comply with the Deficit Reduction Act of 2006.
Health care providers who provided no-cost treatment for uninsured patients from six Hurricane Rita-affected parishes will be reimbursed through a pool of federal funds.
The Louisiana Department of Insurance and the Department of Health and Hospitals have partnered to promote Cover the Uninsured Week, May 1-7, 2006, across Louisiana.
More Louisiana children will be eligible for the Louisiana Children’s Health Insurance Program (LaCHIP) because of the annual increase in the Federal Poverty Level effective this month. This increase allows working families to earn more income and still qualify for LaCHIP, which provides no-cost health coverage for uninsured children younger than age 19.
People living in 10 states, including Texas, who have health care coverage from Louisiana Medicaid or the Louisiana Children’s Health Insurance Program (LaCHIP) and who are or were enrolled in similar programs in other states as a result of being displaced by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita will no longer be covered by Louisiana Medicaid.
The Department of Health and Hospitals’ Medicaid program has received a $263,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to maximize the efficiency and accuracy of enrolling and retaining eligible individuals and families in Medicaid and SCHIP in the face of less staff and more need caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Thousands of people have incurred medical costs since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and have no way to pay these bills. Relief for these individuals is now available.
Starting this week, people with health coverage through Louisiana Medicaid or the Louisiana Children’s Health Insurance Program (LaCHIP) and who are enrolled in similar programs in other states as a result of being displaced by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita will receive notice that they will no longer be covered by Louisiana Medicaid.
Baton Rouge --- Workers from the Department of Health and Hospitals Medicaid program have returned to some areas most severely affected by Hurricane Katrina to help residents apply for temporary no-cost health coverage for their families.
Baton Rouge --- Workers from the Department of Health and Hospitals Medicaid program have returned to some areas most severely affected by Hurricane Katrina to help residents apply for temporary no-cost health coverage for their families.
Baton Rouge --- Workers from the Department of Health and Hospitals Medicaid program have returned to some areas most severely affected by Hurricane Katrina to help residents apply for temporary no-cost health coverage for their families.