Does emergency care include routine pregnancy-related doctor visits?
A. Emergency care does not include routine pregnancy-related doctor visits. If a pregnant woman needs routine pregnancy care during the ICT period, she shall be directed to call the Ombudsman’s office toll-free at (888) 452-8609 for assistance with authorization or disenrollment from a health plan based on the new county address showing on MEDS. The pregnant woman may also call Health Care Options (HCO) toll-free at (800) 430-4263 and request a medical exemption, based on pregnancy, which allows the pregnant woman (who may be in a mandatory aid code) to disenroll from a health plan and receive benefits under foe-far-service (FFS) in the new county of residence with a provider of her choice. Managed Care-County Code Change Q. Page 11, VII, C of ACWDL No. 03-12, the example states that “MEDS will automatically disenroll the beneficiary from the Sending County’s County Organized Health System (COHS) plan based on the new residence county “code”. Does this mean that the Sending County shou
