Title: AHCA: Medicaid Services
Headings: Medicaid Newborn Eligibility Policy
Medicaid Newborn Eligibility Policy
Unborn Activation Process
Provider Inquiry Newborn Spreadsheet
Managed Care Plans

Content: AHCA: Medicaid Services
Medicaid Newborn Eligibility Policy
Unborn Activation Process
In October 1999, the Department of Children and Families and the Agency for Health Care Administration began issuing Medicaid identification numbers and gold cards to pregnant women for their unborn children. This step was taken in an effort to streamline and expedite the administrative process of adding a Medicaid eligible newborn's coverage to the Florida Medicaid Management Information System (FMMIS) upon the baby's birth so that providers could verify eligibility, bill Medicaid, and receive reimbursement for services rendered as quickly as possible. Cards initially issued to unborn babies contain the mother's name with "Babyof" (e.g., BabyAofJane Smith) and providers are able to use the card with its card control number to obtain the baby's Medicaid ID number. The Medicaid number will not be active until after the baby is born, however. Once born, providers can activate the Medicaid coverage by following the instructions listed below: Using the card control number, look up the baby's eligibility record using the Web portal, MEVS, FaxBack, or AVRS (for further information on verifying eligibility, please see the Florida Medicaid Provider General Handbook, Chapter 3). If the message tells you that the baby is eligible, no further action is required. Be sure to write down the baby's Medicaid identification number for billing purposes. NOTE: