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
 

Need
 
Help?
 

Newborn
 
Frequently
 
Asked
 
Questions
  


Content: 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. Care
 
was
 
only
 
provided
 
in
 
the
 
hospital. Suggestion: Obtain
 
the
 
mother’s
 
Medicaid
 
ID
 
and
 
MMA
 
plan
 
information
 
at
 
the
 
time
 
of
 
service. Contact
 
the
 
mother’s
 
MMA
 
plan
 
for
 
more
 
information
 
regarding
 
the
 
baby’s
 
Medicaid
 
ID
 
for
 
billing
 
purposes. The
 
provider
 
is
 
the
 
only
 
doctor
 
the
 
baby
 
has
 
seen
 
since
 
birth
 
but
 
the
 
provider
 
is
 
not
 
listed
 
as
 
the
 
PCP.