MEDICALLY (GENETICALLY) HANDICAPPED PERSONS' PROGRAM
Description
SUB PROGRAM OF MEDICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN'S PROGRAM. CONTINUES CARE FOR PERSONS OVER AGE 21 WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS, HEMOPHILIA AND SICKLE CELL ANEMIA. THE SCOPE OF SERVICES AND NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED IS DEPENDENT UPON ANNUAL FUNDING DECISIONS. PROVIDES DIAGNOSIS AND REFERRAL SERVICES TO LOW INCOME ADULTS AND PURCHASES NECESSARY TREATMENT FOR THEM. THIS MAY INCLUDE THERAPIES AND DRUGS.
Contact Information
Address:
DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
301 CENTENNIAL MALL SOUTH, 5TH FLOOR
PO BOX 95026
Lincoln
NE
68509
Hours of Operation:
8:00-5:00 MONDAY-FRIDAY
Website:
www.dhhs.ne.gov/Pages/hcs_services_cf.aspx
Main Phone:
Phone
402-471-9327
Other Phone(s):
Phone
800-358-8802
Fax
402-471-6352
Phone
402.471-9155
Main Contact(s):
SUE SPITSER
Other Contact(s):
Main Email:
sue.spitser@nebraska.gov
Other Email(s):
General Information
Agency ID: 749
List of Provided Services:
Administrative: Administrative
Assessment Services: Financial for Assessment, Medical Assessment
Case Management: Case Management
Medical: Financial Medical, Financial Medicine
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: BROCHURES - SPANISH AVAILABLE
Eligibility: INDIVIDUALS MUST APPLY AND MEET BOTH INCOME AND NEEDS ELIGIBILITY FOR THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS. MAY OR MAY NOT BE MEDICAID ELIGIBLE.
Ages Served: Ages 21 and Up
Disabilities Served: OHI - Other Health Impairment
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Fees:
Sliding fee schedule: Yes
How to appeal a decision: ASK FOR AN APPEAL VERBALLY OR BY WRITING TO THE LOCAL OFFICE HANDLING THE CASE OR TO THE STATE OFFICE. CAN APPEAL ANY ACTION OR INACTION (INCLUDING A DECISION RESULTING FROM A GRIEVANCE) EXCEPT FOR DECISIONS RELATED TO MEDICAL ELIGIBILITY OR TREATMENT PLA
Languages with interpreters on staff: