Is the Medicaid ID number the policy number?

Many states are converting their Medicaid to Managed Care Organizations (MCO) Insurance plans. Your Insurance plan will send you an ID card with your policy ID number that is different than your Medicaid #. read more

It is if it is straight Medicaid. If it is a managed care policy, then you have a separate policy number from your Medicaid ID. read more

The Medicaid number is found on the state-issued Medicaid card or on any Medicaid correspondence, according to the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. People can also call the state health department office where they applied for Medicaid benefits to find their Medicaid number. read more

In the past, the Medicaid recipient identification number assigned to recipients was a 13- digit number that included as a part of the number a two-digit parish code as the first and second digits of the number, and a two-digit eligibility category code as the third and fourth digits of the number. read more