Title: 
Headings: Medicaid Eligibility for Newborn Babies
Medicaid
 
Eligibility
 
for
 
Newborn
 
Babies
 

Unborn
 
Activation
 
Process
 

Enrollment
 
in
 
a
 
Managed
 
Medical
 
Assistance
 
(MMA)
 
Plan
 

Enrollment
 
in
 
an
 
MMA
 
Specialty
 
Plan
 

Voluntary
 
Change
 
of
 
MMA
 
Plan
 
for
 
Baby
 

Unborn
 
Does
 
Not
 
Have
 
a
 
Medicaid
 
Number
 

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Help?
 

Newborn
 
Frequently
 
Asked
 
Questions
  


Content: The
 
unborn
 
activation
 
may
 
not
 
have
 
processed
 
yet
 
as
 
it
 
takes
 
two
 
working
 
days
 
after
 
receiving
 
the
 
completed
 
Unborn
 
Activation
 
Form
 
for
 
the
 
fiscal
 
agent
 
to
 
update
 
and
 
activate
 
the
 
coverage. Get
 
details
 
from
 
the
 
mother
 
of
 
her
 
Medicaid
 
eligibility,
 
MMA
 
plan
 
enrollment,
 
and
 
all
 
details
 
required
 
for
 
the
 
Unborn
 
Activation
 
Form. Check
 
the
 
baby’s
 
eligibility
 
again
 
in
 
about
 
a
 
week. If
 
still
 
not
 
showing,
 
complete
 
and
 
submit
 
an
 
Unborn
 
Activation
 
Form
 
to
 
the
 
Medicaid
 
fiscal
 
agent. The
 
baby
 
is
 
active
 
on
 
Medicaid
 
but
 
does
 
not
 
get
 
added
 
to
 
an
 
MMA
 
plan
 
until
 
about
 
the
 
4th
 
visit. Suggestion: If
 
the
 
mother
 
is
 
in
 
an
 
MMA
 
plan,
 
the
 
baby
 
will
 
be
 
retroactively
 
enrolled
 
in
 
the
 
same
 
plan
 
as
 
the
 
mother,
 
back
 
to
 
the
 
date
 
of
 
birth. Claims
 
for
 
services
 
from
 
the
 
date
 
of
 
birth
 
should
 
be
 
sent
 
to
 
the
 
baby’s
 
plan
 
for
 
payment. This
 
issue
 
should
 
be
 
resolved
 
by
 
following
 
the
 
guidance
 
in
 
#1
 
above. The
 
mother
 
never
 
visits
 
the
 
pediatric
 
provider
 
after
 
the
 
birth.