Mercer County Medicaid (CRF ID #170) ADDRESS PHONE FAX EMAIL URL ADMINISTRATOR HOURS DESCRIPTION SERVICES PROGRAMS FOREIGN LANGUAGES PUBLICATIONS FOUNDED SUBJECT DATE MODIFIED
ALTERNATE NAME
ALTERNATE APPLICATION SITES
Henry J. Austin Center
321 North Warren Street
Trenton, NJ
609-278-5936
Capital Health System of Mercer
446 Bellevue Avenue
Trenton, NJ
609-394-4259
Capital Health System of Helene Fuld
750 Brunswick Avenue
Trenton, NJ
609-394-6000, ext. 2129
609-989-4664 - Medicaid Information Line
609-989-4320 - Mercer County Board of Social Services General Information
609-989-4400 - Complaint Line
609-989-4491 - alternate phone
609-394-6638
mcboss@compuserve.com
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mcboss
Frank Cirillo, Director
MON- and WED-FRI: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM - Office hours
TUE: 8:30 AM - 8:30 PM
Medicaid is the Federal/State Health Assistance Program that provides payment for pharmacy, doctor, hospital, optometry, and dental care to individuals receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Refugee Resettlement Program and recipients of Supplemental Social Security Income. Medicaid also pays for nursing home care for eligible individuals. Individuals and/or families not on Temporary Assistance to Needy Families may be eligible for Medicaid, if they meet the requirements.
Medical Assistance - Low income Mercer County residents
Medicaid Assistance Program: Provides Medicaid benefits to WORK FIRST NJ recipients who meet the eligibility requirements of the former AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) Program.
Community Care Program for the Elderly and Disabled (CCPED): Offers home health services to qualified individuals who are elderly or disabled as an alternative to nursing homes.
New Jersey Care...Special Medicaid Program: An expansion of the Medicald Program, authorizing complete Medicaid coverage to eligible pregnant women during their pregnancy and for 60 days following the date on which the pregnancy ends. Coverage is also provided to eligible infants, up to age 1, persons aged 65 or older, and blind or disabled.
Medically Needy Program: Offers Medicaid coverage with limitations to individuals 65 years or older, persons blind or disabled, children under 21 or pregnant women who have income or assets too high to qualify for other Medicaid programs.
Home and Community Based Services Programs for Blind or Disabled Children and Adults (Model Waiver): A similar program to Community Care Program for the Elderly and Disabled. It provides many home health services to help qualified individuals stay in their homes. Eligible individuals must be disabled and can be children.
AIDS Community Care Alternative Program (ACCAP): Offers home and community based services to persons with AIDS or with AIDS-Related Complex (ARC).
New Jersey Medicaid Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Provides home and community based services to eligible persons disabled by a traumatic brain injury. Eligible applicants must be 18 to 65 years of age and meet certain medical requirements regarding brain injuries.
Medicaid Only: Provides medical assistance to income/resource eligible aged, blind or disabled individuals or couples, based on living arrangements in the community, or to an individual in need of Title XIX facility (such as hospital for acute care) for 30 consecutive days.
Medicaid Special Programs: Provides Medicaid coverage to individuals who meet certain financial eligibility criteria. Categories include any dependent or independent child under age 21.
NJ FamilyCare Presumptive Eligibility: provides children who do not have health insurance coverage with access to medical care while awaiting a full determination of their eligibility for NJ FamilyCare.
HealthStart: Medical assistance presumptive eligibility program offering prenatal care to eligible pregnant women prior to application for Medicaid benefits and while application is being processed. The qualified HealthStart provider completes the application for presumptive eligibility.
NJ FamilyCare: can help meet the health needs of families with children, single adults and married couples without children who do not have health insurance coverage. Eligibility is based on income and the number of people in the family.
New Jersey Supplementary Prenatal Care Program: provides prenatal care to eligible legally admitted immigrant women who entered the United States as permanent residents on or after August 22, 1996 and are ineligible for Medicaid due to a restriction in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996.
Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) Program: Provides eligible recipients with payment of the Medicare Part B medical insurance premium and deductibles.
Medical Emergency Payment Program for Aliens: may provide payment for emergency services to persons who are not eligible for Medicaid or FamilyCare because citizenship/alien requirements for these programs have not been met. Eligible applicants must be 63 years or age or older, blind, or permanently disabled, pregnant, under age 21 or a caretaker relative of children under 18, and must meet income guidelines.
New Jersey Workability Program: May provide individuals with a permanent disability the opportunity to get a job and establish a career without losing Medicaid health coverage
Enhanced Community Options (ECO): a Medicaid waiver that offers several care alternatives to individuals who would otherwise be at risk of placement in a nursing facility. The Designed to increase the type and number of options for community care available to individuals determined to required a nursing facility care level, the ECO waiver increases the opportunity to receive care in a community setting of the individual's choice. It includes the residential components Assisted Living and Alternate Family Care, as well as an in-home service component known as the Caregiver Assistance Program/NJEASE HomeCare.
Hospice Waiver Program: Community and Institutional Medicaid Services for the terminally ill.
Breast and Cervical Cancer Program: May provide Medicaid benefits to uninsured women under the age of 65 who have been diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer and are in need of treatment.
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