Applications for the Pregnant Women and Children
Program, and the Medicaid for Low-Income Families
Program should be made by contacting a Medicaid
eligibility worker at your local county Health Department.
You may also call Medicaid at 1-800-362-1504 for a paper
application or apply online at www.insurealabama.org.
Breast and Cervical Cancer Program - Women
under age 65 who have been screened through the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Breast &
Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program may be eligible
for this program. Call 1-877-252-3324 for information
about this program.
Nursing Home Program - Medicaid may pay for the
cost of nursing home care for individuals meeting certain
income, resource, age or disability and medical criteria.
Nursing homes and hospitals usually have Medicaid
applications, or you may contact the Medicaid district
office serving the county of the nursing home to apply for
this program.
Hospital Program - Medicaid may cover the cost of
care for individuals who meet certain income, resource,
age or disability and medical criteria. To qualify, the
individual must be institutionalized for 30 consecutive
days. Contact the Medicaid District Office serving the
individual’s county of residence to apply for this program.
Post Hospital Extended Care (PEC) Program -
Individuals who are hospitalized and are awaiting placement
in a nursing home may be eligible for Medicaid.
Eligibility requirements are similar to the nursing home
requirements. These individuals must be institutionalized
for at least 30 consecutive days. The individual must also
have been under acute care for at least three days while
in the hospital, but currently does not require acute care.
Contact the Medicaid district office serving the county of
the hospital to apply for this program.
Institutional Care Facility for the Mentally
Retarded (ICF-MR) Program - Residents of state
facilities for the mentally retarded may be eligible to
have Medicaid cover the cost of their care. Eligibility
requirements are similar to those of the nursing home
program. The state facilities have Medicaid applications,
or you may contact the Medicaid district office serving
the county of the facility to apply for this program.
Mental Retardation (MR) Waiver Program -
Individuals age 3 and older who are diagnosed as mentally
retarded may apply for this waiver. These individuals must
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meet the income, resource, disability and medical criteria
for an institutional care facility for the mentally retarded.
These individuals would receive Medicaid coverage in the
community and not be placed in an institution. Limited
funds are available for this waiver. To apply for this waiver
in Houston, Geneva, Barbour, Henry and Dale counties
call 334-684-2252. For Covington and Coffee counties
call 877-530-0002.
Elderly and Disabled (E&D) Waiver Program -
Individuals who are disabled or elderly and are ineligible
for SSI because of income of a spouse or a parent may
apply for this program. Contact your local Area Agency on
Aging, SARCOA, at 800-239-3507 or 334-793-6843 to
apply for this waiver. SARCOA will determine whether a
slot is available and whether the individual meets medical
criteria for this waiver. The Medicaid district office will
make an eligibility determination after SARCOA approves
a slot and the individual qualifies medically. The funds
available for this waiver are limited.
Medicaid Transportation Assistance - The Non-
Emergency Transportation Program is non-emergency
transportation for medical treatment for “full” Medicaid
recipients only. This does not include those only on QMB,
SLMB, or QI. Medicaid provides a voucher that can be
cashed like a check to help compensate for the cost of
hiring someone to transport the person to the doctor’s
office, other medical care, or treatment facilities. To
request a voucher, call 1-800-362-1504 or 334-702-3102.
Dothan Medicaid Office
2652 Fortner Street, Suite 4
Dothan, AL 36305
334-702-3100
Serving Barbour, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington,
Dale, Geneva, Henry and Houston counties.
ALABAMA MEDICAID LIENS
AND ESTATE RECOVERY
What are Medicaid Liens and Estate Recovery? Federal
law requires all states to seek to recover the cost of Medicaid
long-term care benefits received by beneficiaries after age
55 from their estates when they die, which includes both
nursing home benefits and Medicaid waiver benefits.
Federal law also requires that all states seek to recover the
balance remaining at the death of the beneficiary in any
Medicaid Qualifying Income Trust (QIT) or first-party
special needs trust, such as the Alabama Family Trust, if
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