Medicaid

The mission of the Income Support Division (ISD) is to relieve, minimize or eliminate poverty and to make available certain services for eligible low-income individuals and families through statewide programs of financial assistance, food assistance, employment assistance, and training services.

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The Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit provides comprehensive and preventive health care services for children under age 21 who are enrolled in Medicaid. EPSDT is key to ensuring that children and adolescents receive appropriate preventive, dental, mental health, and developmental, and specialty services. EPSDT pamphlet guide: https://www.medicaid.gov/sites/default/files/2019-12/epsdt_coverage_guide.pdf.

The New Mexico Independent Consumer Support System (NMICSS) links together resources throughout the state to assist Medicaid Centennial Care enrollees receiving long-term services and supports (LTSS). The NMICSS provides Centennial Care beneficiaries, as well as their advocates and counselors, information and referral resources to assist in choosing the appropriate Managed Care Organization. To complete an application or for general questions please call the Consolidated Customer Service Center at: 1-800-283-4465.

Working with their partners, NM DOH Human Services Department designs and delivers innovative, high quality health and human services that improve the security and promote independence for New Mexicans in their communities. The Human Services Department provides services and benefits to 1,107,169 New Mexicans through several programs including Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), child support, and several behavioral health services.

Established to deliver quality healthcare in the state of New Mexico through local, regional and community-based resources, Western Sky Community Care is a Managed Care Organization and subsidiary of Centene Corporation (Centene). Western Sky sets up and administers Medicaid, Medicare, and Marketplace healthcare plans for consumers in partnership with the New Mexico Human Services Department. Western Sky provides coordinated healthcare, long term services and supports, pharmacy, vision and transportation services.

Blue Cross Community Centennial Plan is a health insurance plan that is part of New Mexico's Medicaid program. Plans include medical benefits, drug coverage, dental and vision care, behavioral health, transportation and long term care. Value added services include physical health services, maternity services, and behavior health services. Home meal delivery, Native American Traditional Healing and Wellness, remote monitoring program and respite bed are offered for under physical health service.

Medicare is health insurance for individuals who are age 65 and older, as well as certain younger people with disabilities, permanent kidney failure, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Typically Medicare covers some, but not all medical and long-term care costs. There are often co-pays and premiums required.

Medicare.gov Live Chat is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except for some federal holidays.

Govbenefits.com is a free confidential prescreening tool for state and federal government programs. Search for benefits you may be able to receive.

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Provides health insurance for Americans age 65 and older, people under age 65 with certain disabilities, and people of all ages with end stage renal disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a kidney transplant).

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The National Academy of Social Insurance is a non-profit, non-partisan organization made up of the national experts on social insurance. Its mission is to advance solutions to challenges facing the nation by increasing public understanding of how social insurance contributes to economic security. Social insurance encompasses broad-based systems that help workers and their families pool risks to avoid loss of income due to retirement, death, disability, or unemployment and ensure access to health care. They provide information on social security, Medicare, workers' compensation and disability, unemployment insurance, and long-term services and supports.