Federal Government
Medicaid Information from the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA):

• General Information
  http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/medicaid.htm

  Medicaid Overview

  http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/mover.htm

  Consumer Information

  http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/obshmpg.htm

  Eligibility Information

  http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/meligib.htm

  Medicaid/Medicare Dual Eligibility Information

  http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/dehmpg.htm

  Medicaid Services Information

  http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/mservice.htm

  Medicaid and HIV/AIDS Fact Sheet

  http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/obs11.htm

  Pregnancy and HIV Project

  http://www.hcfa.gov/hiv/default.htm

  State Contact Information and Internet Addresses

  http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/mcontact.htm

Social Security Administration (SSA)

• SSA Home Page
  http://ftp.ssa.gov/

  Social Security Disability Information

  http://ftp.ssa.gov/odhome/odhome.htm

  A Guide To Social Security And SSI Disability Benefits For People With HIV Infection

  http://ftp.ssa.gov/pubs/10020.html

State-by-State Medicaid Links

• Families USA Medicaid Clearinghouse
  http://www.familiesusa.org/medicaid/

  Medicaid Consumer Network of Massachusetts

  http://pw1.netcom.com/~rcauchi/mdg/states.html

  Murphy's Unofficial Medicaid Page

  http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5974/

Managed Care Links

• HIV Managed Care Network
  http://www.idsociety.org/hiv/index.html

  Johns Hopkins AIDS Service - Medicaid Managed Care

  http://hopkins-aids.org/manage/manage.html

  Medicaid Managed Care for People With HIV/AIDS

  http://search.medscape.com/SCP/DBT/1997/v09.n07/d3294.trend/d3294.trend.html

Medicaid Managed Care Program Resources

• Center for Health Strategies, Inc.
  http://www.chcs.org/CHCS/resource.htm

  Negotiating the New Health System: A Nationwide Study of Medicaid Managed Care Contracts 1997 Edition

  http://www.chcs.org/97study/home97.htm

  Understanding the Landscape of Medicaid Managed Care

  http://patient.medscape.com/SCP/TAR/1998/v08.n03/a4961.vale/a4961.vale-01.html

Medicaid Policy and Research Links

• Assuring That Eligible Families Receive Medicaid When TANF Assistance Is Denied or Terminated - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
  http://www.cbpp.org/11-5-98mcaid.htm

  Intergovernmental Health Policy Project

  http://www.ncsl.org/ihpp/

  The Kaiser Family Foundation

  http://www.kff.org

  The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured

  http://www.kff.org/archive/rowland.html

  Legal Information Institute - Medicaid Law Materials

  http://gopher.law.cornell.edu/topics/medicaid.html

  The Medicaid Defense Group

  http://pw1.netcom.com/~rcauchi/mdg/fed.html

  Medicaid Expansion for HIV Infection - AIDS Action Council

  http://www.aidsaction.org/medicaid.html

  Medicaid Reform: The Basics An introduction to reform issues and efforts from the Twentieth Century Fund

  http://www.tcf.org/Publications/Basics/Medicaid/

  National Academy for State Health Policy

  http://www.nashp.org/

  National Conference of State Legislatures

  http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/list.htm

  National Health Law Project

  http://www.healthlaw.org/publications.shtml#med

  The Urban Institute's Health Policy Center

  http://www.urban.org/centers/hpc.html

Useful Articles

• Medicaid: The System and How to Use It
  Project Inform Perspective
  http://www.projinf.org/pub/21/Medicaid.html

  Benefits Planning -- What You Must Know: Interview with Daniel Fortuno, AIDS Benefits Counselors

  AIDS Treatment News

  Pt 1 http://www.aegis.com/pubs/atn/1996/atn25505.html

  Pt 2 http://www.aegis.com/pubs/atn/1996/atn25707.html

  Can I work while I'm on Social Security?

  PWAC-NY

  http://www.aidsinfonyc.org/pwac/9705/ssi.html

  Getting Your Insurer to Cover New HIV Treatments: A Crash Course

  AIDS Treatment News

  http://www.aegis.com/pubs/atn/1996/atn23801.html

  Health Benefits Revised

  Body Positive

  http://www.thebody.com/bp/jan98/benef.html

  HMOs and Quality Care for HIV -- Interview with Stephen Becker, M.D.

  AIDS Treatment News

  Pt 1 http://www.aegis.com/pubs/atn/1997/atn27801.html

  Pt 2 http://www.aegis.com/pubs/atn/1997/atn28007.html

  Keep Covered! Medical Insurance and the Re-employed

  Body Positive

  http://www.thebody.com/bp/feb99/covered.html

  What is Medicaid Managed Care?

  Consumer News

  http://www.aidsinfonyc.org/cnews/healthcare/9604.html

  PWAs on Medicare: get more in Social Security check plus medical bill help

  Bay Area Reporter

  http://www.aegis.com/news/bar/1999/br990406.html

  Returning to work and keeping Medicare and Medicaid

  Positively Aware

  http://www.tpan.com/library/pa/julaug97/p53.htm

  The Welfare Drill - Despite new hoops and old hassles, you can still get benefits

  POZ

  http://www.thebody.com/poz/survival/10_98/money.html

  VA Benefits: Forgotten Resources

  Body Positive

  http://www.thebody.com/bp/oct97/benefits.html

Links to Other Healthcare Program Information

• AIDS Drug Assistance Program Monitoring Project
  http://www.atdn.org/access/adap/index.html

  Health Insurance Resource Center

  http://www.healthinsurance.org/

  Insurance Guides for Consumers

  Health Insurance Association of America

  http://www.hiaa.org/cons/cons.htm

  Medicare Information from the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)

  http://www.hcfa.gov/medicare/medicare.htm

  High Risk Insurance Pools for the Medically Uninsurable Information and State-by-State Contacts

  http://www.cainc.org/riskpools.html