10-02 Version of 36.1 WWMA Introduction
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health Services

HISTORY

The policy on this page is from a previous version of the handbook. 

36.1 Wisconsin Well Woman Medicaid Introduction

WWWMAWisconsin Well Woman Medicaid is administered by the DHSDepartment of Health Services Division of Health Care Access and Accountability (DHCAA) and provides eligible women with access to full-benefit Medicaid through non-HMO providers.

 

Wisconsin Well Woman Medicaid Eligibility

WWWMA enrollment is limited to the following groups. A woman must be enrolled in one of the following ForwardHealth programs before she can initially enroll in WWWMA:

 

  1. WWWPThe Wisconsin Well Woman Program,

  2. Family Planning Waiver (FPW),

  3. BadgerCare Plus Benchmark Plan, or

  4. CORE Plan

 

As long as the woman is enrolled in WWWMA, she does not have to reapply for any of the above programs. She will have full benefit fee-for-serviceA method of payment for health services. The medical provider bills the Medicaid fiscal agent rather than an HMO for specific individual services. Medicaid health care coverage through WWWMA.

 

Effective October, 2009, all WWWMA enrollments and renewals are administered by EM . The local certifying agencies have no role in recertifications or new WWWMA enrollments (see Section 36.2 Wisconsin Well Woman Medicaid Enrollment).

 

 

This page last updated in Release Number: 10-02

Release Date: 06/22/10

Effective Date: 09/01/09

The information concerning the Medicaid program provided in this handbook release is published in accordance with: Titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act; Parts 430 through 481 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations; Chapters 46 and 49 of the Wisconsin Statutes; and Chapters HA 3, DHS 2, 10 and 101 through 109 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.

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