PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, DHHS - SEE ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Description
DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAID, STATE DISABILITY, STATE SUPPLEMENT AND SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS. MEDICAID PAYS FOR THE MEDICAL CARE OF LOW-INCOME NEBRASKANS. TYPES OF MEDICAL SERVICES ARE HOSPITAL; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICIANS; DENTAL; CLINIC; HOME HEALTH; FAMILY PLANNING; LAB AND RADIOLOGY; PRESCRIBED DRUGS; APPLIANCES AND HEALTH AIDS. ALCOHOL AND DRUG TREATMENT IS COVERED FOR INDIVIDUALS UNDER AGE 21. MEDICAID MAY ALSO COVER HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED WAIVER SERVICES FOR HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AGED, DISABLED OR THOSE WHO ARE MENTALLY RETARDED. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS, FOR ELIGIBLE PEOPLE, CAN REIMBURSE SOME SPECIAL NEEDS COSTS SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION, HOME REPAIR, LIFELINES, MOVING EXPENSES.
Contact Information
Address:
STATE OFFICE BUILDING 301 CENTENNIAL MALL SOUTH, 4TH FLOOR
Lincoln
NE
68509-5026
Hours of Operation:
Website:
www.dhhs.ne.gov
Other Phone(s):
Phone
402-323-3900
Phone
800-383-4278
Main Contact(s):
X-REF
Other Contact(s):
Main Email:
Other Email(s):
General Information
Agency ID: 1104
List of Provided Services:
Administrative: Administrative
Counties Served: Adams, Banner, Blaine, Boone, Box Butte, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne, Clay, Colfax, Cuming, Custer, Dakota, Dawes, Dawson, Deuel, Dixon, Dodge, Douglas, Dundy, Fillmore, Franklin, Frontier, Furnas, Gage, Garden, Garfield, Gosper, Grant, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Hayes, Hitchcock, Holt, Hooker, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Kearney, Keith, Keya Paha, Kimball, Knox, Lancaster, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, Madison, McPherson, Merrick, Morrill, Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Perkins, Phelps, Pierce, Platte, Polk, Red Willow, Richardson, Rock, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Scotts Bluff, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Sioux, Stanton, Thayer, Thomas, Thurston, Valley, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, York, Arthur, Antelope
Written material: BROCHURE
Eligibility:
Ages Served: All Ages
Disabilities Served: Alcohol/Drug, BIMI (Behavioral Impairment/Mental Illness), Brain Injury/Head Injury, DD (Developmental Disability including ID), Hearing Impairment, LD (Learning Disability), OHI - Other Health Impairment, Orthopedic, Speech Disability, Visual Disability
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Fees:
Sliding fee schedule: Yes
How to appeal a decision:
Languages with interpreters on staff: Spanish