What's New?

• Medicaid COVID-19 Special Notices
  
  
• The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approves NH’s March 18, 2020 request to waive federal Medicaid requirements due to COVID-19 (03/26/2020)
• The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approves NH's request to waive federal Medicaid requirements due to COVID (03/24/2020)
• COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Health Care Providers Fact Sheet (03/24/2020)
• Maternal Opioid Misuse (MOM) Model
• Medicaid to Schools: Medical Assistance Services Provided by Education Agencies
• HB 4 - Medicaid Adult Dental Benefit Planning Working Group
• Long Term Care Hospital and Nursing Facility Meetings
  
• NH Nursing Facility Medicaid Rates and Payments

About NH Medicaid

NH Medicaid is a federal and state funded health care program that serves a wide range of needy individuals and families who meet certain eligibility requirements. The program works to ensure that eligible adults and children have access to needed health care services by enrolling and paying providers to deliver covered services to eligible recipients.

Covered Medical Services

Medicaid provides payment for health care services ranging from routine preventive medical care for children to institutional care for the elderly and disabled. Covered services can include:

hospital physician nursing facility home health lab x-ray family planning rural health clinics prescription drugs physical-occupational-speech therapy adult medical day care

medical transportation medical supplies durable medical equipment dental psychotherapy podiatry interpreter advanced registered nurse practitioners certified midwife private duty nursing family planning

EPSDT (early periodic screening and diagnostic testing) newborn home visits extended services to pregnant women personal care attendant vision care audiology nursing facility home and community based care for the elderly hospice services

The program also covers services for developmentally disabled individuals and persons with acquired brain disorders, as well as services at community mental health centers.

For more information about dental services, view the Dental Services – NH Smiles Program page.

For service limitations and prior authorization requirements, please see New Hampshire Medicaid Services (Form 77L)

Please find recipient notices about benefit changes below.

• Important Notice About Medicaid Service Limits (02/01/2012)

Am I eligible for Medicaid?

• Eligibility for Adults
• Eligibility for Children
• Apply for Medicaid

• Contact the NH Medicaid Program - Use this link to contact the NH Medicaid Program with questions about assistance or client services.

Find a dentist or a doctor in NH: (800) 852-3345, ext 4344 or (603) 271-4344
Transportation services in NH: (800) 852-3345, ext 3770 or (603) 271-3770
Translator/Interpreter services in NH: (800) 852-3345, ext 8361 or (603) 271-8361
Children with special needs in NH: (800) 852-3345, ext 4525 or (603) 271-4525
Questions about medical bills in NH: (800) 852-3345, ext 4344 or (603) 271-4344
Questions about benefits in NH: (800) 852-3345, ext 4344 or (603) 271-4344
Hearing impaired (for all services):	(800) 735-2964
If you do not have a telephone, mail your request for assistance to: NH DHHS CHAP Unit 129 Pleasant Street, Thayer Building Concord, NH 03301

 

Links to Helpful Information

• Copayments in Standard Medicaid Remaining at $1 and $2 in 2016
• Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP) Program
• Medicaid for Employed Adults with Disabilities (MEAD) - the MEAD program is a Medicaid eligibility coverage group that allows qualified adults with disabilities who work to enroll in the Medicaid program or continue their Medicaid coverage.
• Medical Assistance
• Medicare Part D
• Prescription Drug Coverage Pharmacy Benefits Management - All recipients of the NH Medicaid program have access to prescription drug coverage. Co-pay rates apply.
• Publications
  
• Transportation Services

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