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Breast & Cervical Cancer Project |
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Federal law allows states the option of providing full Medicaid coverage to certain women diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer, including pre-cancerous conditions. This Medicaid option is available to certain women diagnosed through the Ohio Department of Health's (ODH) Breast and Cervical Cancer Project (BCCP). ODJFS and ODH coordinated efforts to implement this new category of Medicaid eligibility effective July 1, 2002. |
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BCCP Medicaid |
| BCCP Medicaid provides health coverage to eligible women diagnosed through ODH's BCCP. |
Eligibility
BCCP Medicaid may be available to women who: |
- have been screened for breast or cervical cancer through ODH's BCCP
- are in need of treatment for breast and/or cervical cancer, including precancerous conditions (eligibility will end when the treatment is completed)
- are uninsured
- meet basic Medicaid requirements, such as Ohio residency
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Health Coverage
Coverage for this new Medicaid option includes: |
- the full Medicaid Primary and Acute Care Benefit Package (benefits are not limited to cancer treatment)
- service delivery through Medicaid fee for service (FFS) (services are delivered through Medicaid Managed Care Plan (MCP) ONLY IF the woman is found eligible for another category of Medicaid which requires MCP enrollment)
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For more information, contact:
The Ohio Department of Health
Breast and Cervical Cancer Project
246 North High Street, 8th Floor
P.O. Box 118
Columbus, OH 43216-0118
Phone: (614) 728-2177
Fax: (614) 644-7740
E-mail: bhprr@odh.ohio.gov
URL: http://www.odh.ohio.gov/odhPrograms/hprr/bc_canc/bcanc1.aspx |
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