Medicaid is a program designed to help individuals pay for their medical care or to help pay for insurance premiums. You may be eligible for medical assistance if you meet income, resource, age, disability, and other requirements.

For more than 25 years, Health Net Federal Services, LLC has partnered with the Department of Defense to provide health care services to the men and women who serve, and their family members. Through the TRICARE program, Health Net Federal Services assists approximately 2.8 million beneficiaries including active duty, retired, National Guard and Reserve, and family members. Health Net was one of the first companies in the U.S. to develop comprehensive managed care programs for military families.
TRICARE is the uniformed health care program for active duty and retired service members, National Guard and Reserve members, family members, survivors and other eligible beneficiaries.

A new program at WDOMI that is designed to assist the blind, elderly (65+) and the disabled to enroll into the Medicaid Program. The program helps to make sure that the elderly (65+), blind and the disabled have access to comprehensive, affordable health insurance. WDOMI have facilitated enrollers that provide services for Westchester, Putnam, Orange and Rockland counties. To make an appointment for Medicaid Enrollment assistance via this program please call us at 914-968-4717. There is no fee for this service.

HIICAP is the New York State Health Assistance program that educates the public about Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, prescription coverage and other health insurance options and issues. HIICAP provides free, confidential and unbiased counseling. Counselors assist people by providing the necessary tools to help make informed decisions about health care choices, completing applications for programs that can lower health care costs, and sorting through billing issues.

Medicare Advantage Plans are health plan options that are approved by Medicare and run by private companies. They are part of the Medicare Program and sometimes called "Part C". Medicare Advantage Plans provide all of your Part A (hospital) and Part B (medical) coverage must cover medically necessary services. Medicare C Plans generally offer extra benefits, and may include Part D drug coverage. These plans often have networks, which mean that you may have to see doctors who belong to the plan or go to certain hospitals to get covered services. In many cases, the premiums or the cost of the services (co-pay) can be lower in a Medicare Advantage Plan than they are in the Original Medicare Plan or the Original Medicare Plan with a Medigap policy. Medicare pays an amount of money for your care every month to these private health plans, whether or not you use services. Medicare Advantage Plans also include options that provide specialized care for people who need a lot of health care services. Even if you are out of the service area of the plans, you are still covered for emergency or urgently needed care. Medicare Advantage Plans include:

Medicare Preferred Provider Organization (PPO), Medicare Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS), Medicare Special Needs Plans, and Medicare Savings Account (MSA) Plans. You can generally join Medicare Advantage Plan if:

You live in the service area of the plan you want to join. In Medicare HMO Plans, the service are is usually where you get your services from the plan. You have Medicare Part A and Part B. However, if you are already in a Medicare Advantage Plan and you have only Part B, you may stay in the plan. You don't have End Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a kidney transplant). Special exceptions do apply. You have to chance to switch plans each year between November 15 and December 31. In certain situations, you may be able to switch plans at other times. You can visit the Medicare Web at www.medicaare.gov, or you can call 1-800-MEDICARE (1800-486-2048).

Provides seniors (especially Medicare beneficiaries) with free, unbiased information and assistance relating to health insurance. A HIICAP Counselor can help clients understand their medical bills and health insurance policies, and provide information on Long-Term Care Insurance and Medicare Managed Care.

Geriatric care management services which includes assistance with researching home care, assisted living, skilled nursing facility options, discusses levels of care, meets with admission coordinators and administrators, finds resources needed specific to a person's case. Also assists families/residents in applying for VA Aid and Attendance Benefits and New York State Medicaid.

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STIC provides Medicaid Service Coordination for children and adults with developmental disabilities under OPWDD’s Home and Community-Based Services Waiver.

The Home and Community-Based Services TBI Medicaid waiver provides supports and services to people who have survived a traumatic brain injury and want to continue living in their homes. Under the TBI waiver, AIM provides service coordination, Community Integration Counseling, Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports and independent-living-skills training.