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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Content: Medicaid Eligibility for Newborn Babies
Medicaid
 
Eligibility
 
for
 
Newborn
 
Babies
 

 
baby
 
is
 
presumed
 
eligible
 
for
 
Medicaid
 
for
 
12
 
months
 
when
 
born
 
to
 
a
 
mother
 
eligible
 
for
 
Medicaid
 
on
 
the
 
date
 
of
 
the
 
baby's
 
birth. This
 
includes
 
a
 
mother
 
on
 
Emergency
 
Medicaid
 
for
 
Aliens
 
(MLA,
 
MLS),
 
or
 
if
 
eligible
 
as
 
Medically
 
Needy
 
and
 
meets
 
her
 
share
 
of
 
cost
 
on
 
or
 
before
 
the
 
date
 
of
 
birth,
 
but
 
does
 
not
 
include
 
a
 
mother
 
only
 
eligible
 
as
 
a
 
Presumptively
 
Eligible
 
Pregnant
 
Woman
 
(MU)
 
or
 
under
 
Family
 
Planning
 
(FP). Unborn
 
Activation
 
Process
 
In
 
an
 
effort
 
to
 
expedite
 
the
 
process
 
of
 
adding
 
a
 
baby
 
to
 
the
 
Florida
 
Medicaid
 
system,
 
a
 
pregnant
 
mother
 
may
 
obtain
 
a
 
Medicaid
 
identification
 
number
 
and
 
gold
 
card
 
for
 
her
 
unborn
 
baby. Providers
 
can
 
use
 
the
 
gold
 
card
 
to
 
inquire
 
about
 
the
 
unborn
 
baby’s
 
eligibility
 
with
 
the
 
card
 
control
 
number. However,
 
the
 
baby’s
 
Medicaid
 
number
 
will
 
not
 
be
 
active
 
until
 
after
 
the
 
baby
 
is
 
born. Activation
 
of
 
the
 
baby’s
 
Medicaid
 
coverage
 
can
 
be
 
done
 
by
 
providers
 
through
 
the
 
following
 
steps: Using
 
the
 
card
 
control
 
number,
 
look
 
up
 
the
 
baby’s
 
eligibility
 
record
 
using
 
the
 
Web
 
portal,
 
MEVS,
 
FaxBack,
 
or
 
AVRS. If
 
the
 
message
 
tells
 
you
 
that
 
the
 
baby
 
is
 
eligible,
 
no
 
further
 
action
 
is
 
needed. If
 
the
 
baby’s
 
number
 
is
 
inactive,
 
verify
 
the
 
mother
 
was
 
eligible
 
for
 
full
 
Medicaid
 
on
 
the
 
baby’s
 
date
 
of
 
birth
 
by
 
using
 
the
 
Web
 
portal,
 
MEVS,
 
FaxBack,
 
or
 
AVRS. The
 
Medicaid
 
fiscal
 
agent
 
will
 
not
 
activate
 
the
 
baby’s
 
coverage
 
if
 
the
 
mother
 
is
 
not
 
Medicaid
 
eligible.