Updated: January 2024
Purpose
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funds a breast and cervical cancer early detection program through the North Dakota Department of Health, known as Women’s Way.
Information about the North Dakota Women’s Way program can be found at:
www.hhs.nd.gov/health/women/womens-way
Individuals screened through Women’s Way and found to require treatment for breast or cervical cancer or a precancerous condition relating to breast or cervical cancer may be eligible for Medicaid.
Eligible Members
The Medicaid Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection eligibility group includes
individuals under age 65 who:
- Are uninsured and not otherwise eligible for Medicaid;
- Have been screened for breast and cervical cancer through Women’s Way under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s breast and cervical cancer early detection program/North Dakota Department of Health Women’s Way program and have been found to require treatment for breast cancer, cervical cancer, or a pre-cancerous condition relating to breast cancer of cervical cancer;
- Have household income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level;
- Meet the residency, citizenship, and social security number requirements; and
- Are not an inmate of a public institution.
The earliest date of eligibility is the month of diagnosis, but not more than three months prior to the month of application. Eligibility can continue until the individual reaches age 65, is no longer a state resident, is admitted to a public institution, becomes eligible for Medicaid through a different group, becomes insured, or no longer needs treatment for breast or cervical cancer or a pre-cancerous condition.
Individuals eligible for Medicaid through the Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection eligibility group are entitled to receive all services covered under Traditional Medicaid