Does “Medicaid eligible” include Columbia United Providers (CUP) and Molina patients?
CUP and Molina health insurance both serve Medicaid eligible patients, as well as other children in state-sponsored health plans. Children enrolled in Medicaid and other Department of Social and Health Services-sponsored plans will all have a green and white Medical Assistance Identification coupon. The coupon identifies them as eligible for state-supplied vaccine. The Basic Health Plan may be identified on insurance cards from the individual plans. The provider may contact the health plan if they are unsure whether the child is in Basic Health. Q: Will there be a contract/provision for local health to provide just vaccines to children enrolled in the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and Basic Health? Our local health jurisdiction only bills Medicaid/Medicare, so how would we get permission to vaccinate? A: Whatever authority you are using now to vaccinate these children will still be used. State-supplied vaccine is going to be made available for these children, so it
