How to Qualify and Apply for Medicaid in Georgia

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Kaiser Permanente of Georgia participates in Medicaid by serving pediatric patients. We are a provider (not a health plan) for patients age 18 and under only.

3. Complete your child/children’s Medicaid application.

Online

Apply online at gateway.ga.gov

By Phone

To apply over the phone, call
1-877-423-4746, or 1-800-255-0135 for TTY.

In Person

Apply at your Local Division of Family and Children Services office.

By Mail

Obtain a Medicaid application from your local DFCS office. Send completed and signed applications to:

Division of Family and Children Services
Customer Contact Center
P.O. Box 4190
Albany, GA 31706

In addition to your completed Medicaid application, you may be asked to provide additional documents such as:

Identification
Proof of U.S. Citizenship or Immigration Status
Proof of residency (you must live in the state in which you apply)
Household income

4. Receive approval for Medicaid.

It could take the state 45 days to see if your child/children are eligible for Medicaid coverage. To check on the status of your child/children’s application, visit gateway.ga.gov or call 1-877-423-4746.

Shortly after you are approved for Medicaid or PeachCare for Kids® you will be enrolled into a health plan in Georgia Families. Georgia Families will mail you a welcome letter with information about your health plan. If you do not want the health plan that has been chosen for you, you can change to another health plan. You will have 90 days from the start date of your health plan to change to a new health plan.

After you’ve been approved for Medicaid, here’s what you need to do to select Medicaid with Kaiser Permanente:

1. Choose a Kaiser Permanente doctor as your Primary Care Provider (PCP).

In order to choose a Kaiser Permanente doctor:

First, find the Kaiser Permanente facility that is most convenient for you. Make a note of the facility’s address.
Then, contact the Care Management Organization (CMO) you are assigned to and tell them the address of your preferred facility. Your CMO can see which providers are accepting new patients.

Kaiser Permanente may or may not be open to new Medicaid patients depending on our contract with our plan partners, Amerigroup, Peach State, and CareSource.

2. Receive information from your Care Management Organization.

Your child/children’s coverage will begin on the first day of the month after your child/children are enrolled.

Medicaid recipients will receive one ID card from your Care Management Organization with Kaiser Permanente information on it.

PeachCare for Kids recipients will receive two ID cards – one from your Care Management Organization, and one from PeachCare for Kids.

Please continue to bring your child/children’s Georgia Medicaid card to their appointments even after you receive their CMO ID card(s).

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How to Qualify and Apply for Medicaid in Georgia

3. Complete your child/children’s Medicaid application.

4. Receive approval for Medicaid.

1. Choose a Kaiser Permanente doctor as your Primary Care Provider (PCP).

2. Receive information from your Care Management Organization.

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