• Eligibility Categories
  • Introduction
  • Medicaid Recipients
  • BadgerCare Recipients
  • Wisconsin Well Woman Medicaid
  • Limited Benefit Categories
    • Introduction
    • Family Planning Waiver Program
    • Presumptive Eligibility for Pregnant Women Benefit
    • Tuberculosis-Related Services-Only Benefit
    • Qualified Medicare Beneficiary-Only Recipients
    • Specified Low Income Medicare Beneficiaries
    • Qualifying Individual 1 Recipients
    • Qualified Disabled Working Individual Recipients
• Medicaid Identification Cards
  • Introduction
  • Forward Cards
    • Introduction
    • Forward Card Features
    • Identification Number Changes
    • Recipient Name Changes
    • Deactivated Cards
    • Defective Cards
    • Lost Cards
    • Managed Care Organization Enrollment Changes
  • Temporary Medicaid Cards
  • Presumptive Eligibility for Pregnant Women Temporary Cards
  • Presumptive Eligibility for the Family Planning Waiver Program Temporary Cards
• Eligibility Verification Methods
  • Introduction
  • 270/271 Transactions
  • Automated Voice Response System
    • Introduction
    • Dates of Services
    • Hours
  • Commercial Eligibility Verification Vendors
    • Introduction
    • Magnetic Stripe Card Readers
    • Personal Computer Software
    • Internet Access
  • Provider Services
    • Introduction
    • Hours
  • Recipient Forgets Identification Card
• Eligibility Rights
  • Introduction
  • Prompt Decisions on Eligibility
  • Requesting Retroactive Eligibility
  • Appealing Eligibility Determinations
    • Introduction
    • Claims for Appeal Reversals
  • Freedom of Choice
  • Notification of Discontinued Benefits
• Eligibility Responsibilities
  • Introduction
  • Prior Identification of Eligibility
  • Loss of Medicaid Eligibility — Financial Liability
  • Reporting Changes to Caseworkers
• Copayment Requirements
  • Introduction
  • Copayment Exemptions
  • Copayment Amounts
  • Copayment Limitations
  • Copayment Refund/Collection Requirement
• Special Eligibility Circumstances
  • Retroactive Eligibility
    • Introduction
    • Reimbursing Recipients in Cases of Retroactive Eligibility
  • Spenddown to Meet Medicaid Financial Eligibility Requirements
  • Persons Detained by Legal Process
  • Recipients Traveling Out of State
  • Non-U.S. Citizens — Emergency Services
  • Medicaid Recipients from Other States
• Misuse and Abuse of Benefits
  • Introduction
  • Examples of Misuse and Abuse
  • Requesting Additional Proof of Identity
  • Notifying Wisconsin Medicaid
  • Providers May Refuse to Provide Services
  • Recipient Lock-In Program
    • Introduction
    • Providers May Make Referrals
• Appendix
  • Appendix 1 — Limited Benefit Categories
  • Appendix 2 — Quick-Entry Guide for the Automated Voice Response System
  • Appendix 3 — Eligibility Verification Vendors
  • Appendix 4 — Certification of Emergency for Non-U.S. Citizens Form Completion Instructions
  • Appendix 5 — Certification of Emergency for Non-U.S. Citizens
• PDF

Recipient Eligibility

Medicaid Identification Cards

Forward Cards

Lost Cards

If a recipient lost his or her Forward card or never received one, the recipient may call Recipient Services (800) 362-3002 or (608) 221-5720 to request a new one.

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