Health Check / NC Health Choice

1. Description of the service/program: 

The Health Check Program was developed in 1993 as a statewide initiative to improve Medicaid-enrolled children’s access to preventive health services. Health Check participants are eligible to receive comprehensive well child check ups, immunizations and also vision, hearing, and dental screening services on a regular basis throughout childhood. Medicaid covers any medically necessary diagnostic or treatment services needed to ameliorate or treat conditions identified through screening.   Along with Health Check, the NC Health Choice program provides low cost health insurance to uninsured children whose families cannot pay for private insurance and who do not qualify for Health Check (Medicaid).

Health Check Coordination Services
Health Check coordination services are offered to all Medicaid eligible children from birth to age 21.  A Health Check Coordinator is available to assist families in obtaining medical benefits, to serve as a link to community services, and to provide education concerning the advantages of regular preventative medical care.  Health Check Coordinators also follow-up on missed or delinquent Well-Child screenings, assist in obtaining transportation to medical appointments, and link families to doctors and other medical services.

For More information, please contact us at: http://www.moorecountync.gov/health/personal.html 

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