Nevada Division of Insurance provides guidance for Medicaid recipients amid changes

CARSON CITY — The Public Well being Emergency declared through the COVID-19 pandemic got here to an finish on March 31, 2023, which implies present Medicaid enrollees will not be mechanically renewed for advantages. Medicaid recipients will now have to have their eligibility redetermined to see in the event that they nonetheless qualify for Medicaid protection.

It’s anticipated that almost 200,000 Nevadans is probably not renewed for Medicaid advantages throughout this course of. Causes could embrace improve in revenue, enrolling in employer-based medical health insurance or if the person didn’t reply to the Medicaid redetermination packet.

Whereas some members could also be mechanically renewed utilizing present data on file, others might want to reply to requests for data within the mail concerning their eligibility.

Beginning April 1, 2023, the Nevada Division of Welfare and Assist Providers (DWSS) will start sending out redetermination packets in an order prioritized by people’ Medicaid expiration dates. People may have 60 days from lack of Medicaid protection to reapply for advantages. For questions on your Medicaid expiration date or standing go to www.medicaid.nv.gov or name (877) 638-3472.

Take these vital steps to keep away from any gaps in your medical protection:

Replace your contact data – Replace addresses on-line at https://dhcfp.nv.gov/UpdateMyAddress/ (additionally obtainable in Spanish), at a DWSS Workplace or name (702) 486-1646.

Verify your mail – Letters about your Medicaid protection will arrive within the mail starting April 1 and can proceed by means of the top of the yr. This letter can even let you understand if you want to full a renewal type to find out in case you nonetheless qualify for Medicaid.

Full the renewal type (in case you get one) – Fill out the shape and return it to the return handle within the letter as quickly as attainable.

*NOTE: If you don’t reply/take motion to the renewal letter, you’ll lose your Medicaid advantages in your present Medicaid expiration date!

Paperless possibility: In the event you favor to obtain paperless notifications, you’ll be able to enroll right here: AccessNevada.dwss.nv.gov (additionally obtainable in Spanish). Registration and a PIN is required.

You may as well obtain the NV Medicaid App to obtain broadcast messages, seek for suppliers and think about medical historical past. Directions on the way to obtain the app can be found right here in each English and Spanish.

In the event you lose your Medicaid protection – Nevadans who’ve misplaced their Medicaid advantages can store for low-cost, inexpensive well being protection choices on Nevada’s state-based medical health insurance market, NevadaHealthLink.com.

For people who should not renewed for Medicaid protection on account of over-income, accounts will mechanically be transferred to NevadaHealthLink.com. Medicaid will contact people to advise them of the account switch and Nevada Well being Hyperlink representatives will do lively outreach to these people to assist them with subsequent steps concerning their account.

Those that have misplaced Medicaid protection for causes apart from over-income should be eligible for protection by means of Nevada Well being Hyperlink and are inspired to use for protection at NevadaHealthLink.com.

Nevada Well being Hyperlink affords over 160 completely different Certified Well being Plan choices throughout seven non-public insurance coverage carriers and is the one place Nevadans can obtain backed plans to assist scale back the price of month-to-month plans, some even as little as $0 per 30 days.
“We need to ensure that all Nevadans will proceed to have entry to the well being protection they want at a worth they’ll afford,” Insurance coverage Commissioner Scott Kipper mentioned. “We strongly encourage people to take the required steps detailed above to maintain their present medical advantages or store for a brand new well being plan to make sure they don’t have any gaps in medical protection for themselves or their relations. The Division is working along with our Medicaid and Nevada insurance coverage market companions to supply the required sources and data to finest meet Nevadans’ medical health insurance wants.”

For questions on your Medicaid renewal, go to www.medicaid.nv.gov or name (877) 638-3472. For extra details about Nevada Well being Hyperlink, go to NevadaHealthLink.com or name (800) 547-2927. The Nevada Well being Hyperlink Name Middle is open Monday by means of Friday from 9 a.m. to five p.m.