Medicaid Programs

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Terms and Meanings

Some terms that we use in this chapter may not be familiar. These terms and their meanings are listed below.

  • Authorization: The decision Medicaid makes pay for and allow you to have a service.
  • Cessation: To stop or end a process.
  • Qualify: Ability to have a service or coverage from a program.

North Dakota Medicaid offers additional programs that are listed below:

Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program


Medicaid pays for breast and cervical cancer screenings. Medicaid also pays for tools and tests that a provider uses to know if a patient has cancer. Medicaid covers women who don't have insurance and need medical care for breast cancer, cervical cancer, or pre-cancer.
To learn more about Medicaid Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program contact:

  • Customer Support Center contact information:
    • Toll-Free: 1-866-614-6005
    • Local: 1-701-328-1000
    • TTY: 711
    • Email: applyforhelp@nd.gov
    • Mail: PO Box 5562, Bismarck, ND 58506
    • Fax: 1-701-382-1006
  • Visit our Human Service Zone office webpage to locate your local office and talk to an Eligibility Worker

To learn more about our Women’s Way program:

Children's Health Insurance Plan (CHIP)

This is a Medicaid plan that can cover health care for a child that does not qualify for Medicaid.

You can contact us for more questions about CHIP:

Colorectal Cancer Screenings

Colorectal screenings regularly check on the health of your colon and rectum. These screenings are important because cancer can develop in these areas of the body. This cancer may grow without you knowing it. When this happens, your provider may not know you have this cancer until it has grown into a later stage. Finding this form of cancer earlier offers you a better chance of surviving and tolerating the treatment.  
People who are ages 45-64 should get regular colorectal screenings regularly.

You can ask your primary provider how often you should be screened and how to make an appointment for your screening.

Visit our Colorectal Cancer Screening program webpage to find out more
 

Tobacco Cessation

North Dakota’s Medicaid program covers medication and counseling to help you quit using tobacco. Medicaid members do not need a prior authorization from their provider to get medication or counseling. 


North Dakota offers NDQuits to help North Dakotan’s quit smoking. This program also helps you quit using smokeless tobacco products like vapes or electronic cigarettes. You can begin a free program that helps you quit your way With NDQuits.

More information coming soon!

Find out more or sign-up:

 

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