Re: Medicaid....straight -vs- managed care

[Guest guest]

Paige,

I don't know if anyone else has replied, but I thought I might try to

help out. It is important to list every doctor your child sees and

explain that they only take straight medicaid. (Get letters from each

doctor that explain that your child NEEDS this medical care)They are

good at making it sound really almost worse than it really is! I am

currently working on this same problem. Luckily all of Storm's

specialist to accept the managed care medicaide, but we have to get

pre-approval and referrals for EVERY visit. If we had straight

medicaide, we would not need any referrals! (It's a pain for us and

the Primary Pediatrician!) Have you thought of applying for SSI. If

your child qualifies for SSI, they automatically get straight

medicaide,(at least in Texas they do!) We are still weighting to find

out! (I have a friend whose child is on SSI, they make too much money

to receive any money, but he still gets medicaide based on HIS need!)

I hope this will help you! Your doctors can help you too, they do

this stuff all the time. They know what to say!

Carmen, mom to Storm (RSS) and Paisley