• 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
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Recipient Eligibility

Eligibility Categories

Limited Benefit Categories

Certain Medicaid recipients are eligible for only limited Medicaid benefits even though they may present a Forward identification card. These limited benefit categories include:

• Family Planning Waiver Program, including the Presumptive Eligibility (PE) for the FPWP.
• Presumptive Eligibility for Pregnant Women Benefit.
• Tuberculosis-Related Services-Only (TB-Only) Benefit.
• Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Only (QMB Only).
• Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB).
• Qualifying Individuals 1 (QI-1).
• Qualified Disabled Working Individuals (QDWI).

Providers are strongly encouraged to verify dates of eligibility and other coverage information using the Medicaid Eligibility Verification System (EVS) to determine whether a recipient is in a limited benefit category or receives full-benefit Medicaid. Refer to Appendix 1 of this section for a summary of the limited benefit categories. Refer to the Eligibility Verification Methods chapter of this section for more information on using the EVS.

Providers are responsible for knowing which services are covered under a limited benefit category. If a recipient of a limited benefit category requests a service that is not covered under the limited benefit category, the provider may collect payment from the recipient if certain conditions are met. Refer to the Covered and Noncovered Services section of this handbook for information about collecting payment from recipients.

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