Miami-Dade and PB Counties: Flyer on New MediPass Law

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From: Randee

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Subject: FW: [MedicaidReform] Flyer on New MediPass Law

§ Do you get your health care through MEDICAID?

§ If so, are you enrolled in the MEDIPASS

Program?

IF

YOU ANSWERED “YES” TO BOTH OF THOSE QUESTIONS,

YOU

NEED TO KNOW THIS!

The following information

pertains only to Medicaid consumers in the following counties:

Brevard, Gadsden, Hernando,

Highlands, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Lake, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Manatee,

Miami-Dade, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach,

Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, Seminole, Volusia, & Wakulla

Please

circulate the attached flyer (same as below) so that Medicaid consumers can be as

informed as possible. Stay updated on what’s happening with MediPass by

visiting www.floridachain.org/medipass .

IMPORTANT MEDICAID

NEWS

AUGUST 2008 – Updates

coming soon!

§ Do you get your health care through MEDICAID?

§ If so, are you enrolled in the MEDIPASS

Program?

IF

YOU ANSWERED “YES” TO BOTH OF THOSE QUESTIONS,

YOU

NEED TO KNOW THIS!

A new law is changing how MediPass

works.

Each year, you get a notice from Medicaid of

an “open enrollment period.” After October 1, 2008, when you get

your open enrollment notice, you will need to contact Medicaid if you want to

stay in MediPass. If you don’t contact them, Medicaid will

automatically switch you out of MediPass and into a health plan (HMO).

What will happen if you’re switched to

an HMO?

MediPass is a program run by the State. HMOs

are run by insurance companies. If you are switched from MediPass to an HMO,

you may not be able to see your doctors, and coverage for some of your

medications may be denied or delayed. HMOs can also limit the services you get,

even if your doctor wants you to get them.

What should you do?

Watch your mail for a notice from Medicaid

telling you about your open enrollment period and this change. If

you want to stay in MediPass, you must contact Medicaid Options (the

State’s Medicaid enrollment broker) at 1-. Be sure to act

right away once you receive your open enrollment notice. Your open enrollment

period is only 30 days long.

NOTE: We don’t know

yet how Medicaid will notify you of this change, but as information becomes

available, it will be posted on-line at: www.floridachain.org/medipass.

Can you get back into MediPass if you get switched to an HMO?

Maybe, but Medicaid has not said how it will

handle this yet either. If you find out that you were switched to an HMO but

wanted to stay in Medipass, call Medicaid Options right away. Ask if you can be

switched back to Medipass.

Who can you contact to ask questions?

Call Medicaid Options at 1- on

Mon-Fri from 8 AM – 7 PM. (TDD users only, call 1-.)

This change applies only to Medicaid

consumers in the following counties: Brevard, Gadsden, Hernando, Highlands,

Hillsborough, Jefferson, Lake, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Manatee,

Miami-Dade, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota,

Seminole, Volusia, & Wakulla.

This

information sheet was created by Florida CHAIN (Community Health Action

Information Network), a statewide consumer advocacy organization dedicated to

improving the health of all Floridians by promoting sustainable access to

affordable, effective health care.

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