Minnesota Medicaid MA Medical Assistance

The Minnesota Medicaid Program Covers:
MA is the largest of Minnesota’s three publicly funded health care programs, providing coverage for a monthly average of 483,000 low-income senior citizens, children and families, and people with disabilities in state fiscal year (FY) 2005.

The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administers Medicaid nationwide. In Minnesota, DHS oversees the program, and eligibility is administered by the counties and by the state.

MA is funded jointly with state and federal funds.

Medical Assistance may pay for medical bills going back three months from when you turn in your application.

Enrollees get all their services directly from enrolled medical providers or from a health plan, which they choose when they enroll in the program.

Copays apply to selected services for some enrollees. 

The following services are covered by Minnesota Medicaid's Medical Assistance or MA:
• Clinic and physician’ services for preventive care, including routine physicals
• Immunizations
• Ambulance
• Emergency room services when used for emergency care
• Inpatient and outpatient hospital care
• Lab, X-ray
• Family planning
• Pregnancy related services
• Nurse midwife
• Medical equipment and supplies
• Hearing aids
• Physical, occupational, speech, respiratory and rehabilitative therapy
• Transportation services
• Mental health services
• Alcohol and drug treatment
• Prosthetics
• Nursing facilities
• Home health services
• Hospice care
• Private-duty nursing
• Personal care services
• Group homes for people who are mentally retarded
• Other health insurance premiums that are considered cost-effective
• Prescription drugs, including birth control ($3 copay for brand name drugs and $1 copay for generic drugs; maximum copay total of $12 per month; no copay on some mental health prescription drugs)