Medicaid & Medicaid Managed Care 

IAFP background on family physicians and Medicaid (briefing)

MEDICAID RENEWALS ARE BEGINNING A CONTINUOUS ENROLLMENT COMES TO AN END:  Learn more and help your patients keep their Medicaid coverage or enroll in new coverage if they are no longer eligible. 

IAFP co-signed letter to CMS Secretary Azar on 1115 Medicaid demonstration waivers and related racial disparities. One of the recommendations includes support for an extension of Medicaid coverage to postpartum mothers for a full year after birth.  An updated letter signed by 260 state and national organizations was sent to HHS in February 2021. 

New IAMHP Billing Manual Support and guidance for contracted Medicaid providers on billing for services provided to Medicaid beneficiaries. 

HFS opens Medicaid MCO complaint portal for Providers.  Learn more and use this portal when a Medicaid Managed Care Organization is not resolving an issue for your patients. 

Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services  
HFS provider web site  

Illinois Association of Medicaid Health Plans - http://iamhp.net

 IAFP co-signed letter to legislative leaders detailing concerns about access for medically fragile children under Medicaid Managed Care

June 20, 2018 - IAFP co-hosted an update webinar with ISMS and ICAAP.  The recording is available here (please note you will need to enter your name and email address to view the recording).  You can  download the slides here. 

May 2018 -  IAFP and ICAAP comments to the Medicaid Advisory Committee reflecting input collected from our members. 

04/06/16 IAFP provides live testimony to the Senate Medicaid Oversight Committee on Medicaid Managed Care Organizations. Read the testimony from then-IAFP Vice President Asim Jaffer, MD