VLBW definition
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An individual who is enrolled in a Medicaid State plan eligibility category will only be eligible for Resource Mothers Outreach services under the Demonstration if they have had a VLBW delivery on or after January 1, 2011.
Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW): Birth weight below 1,500 grams (3.3 pounds).
The State may only use savings from averting LBW and VLBW births to provide IPC services to women who have delivered a VLBW baby.
These women will receive Resource Mothers Outreach through the CMOs in which they are enrolled at the time of delivery of their VLBW baby.
In addition, the Demonstration provides Interpregnancy Care (IPC) services to women who meet the same eligibility requirements above and who deliver a very low birth weight (VLBW) baby (less than 1,500 grams or 3 pounds, 5 ounces) on or after January 1, 2011.
Women, ages 18 through 44, who have family income at or below 200 percent of the FPL, who deliver a VLBW baby on or after January 1, 2011, and who qualify under the Low Income Medicaid Class of Assistance, or the Aged Blind and Disabled Classes of Assistance, under the Georgia Medicaid State plan are also eligible for the Resource Mothers Outreach component of the IPC services which are not otherwise available under the Georgia Medicaid State plan.
The State must enroll only individuals meeting the following eligibility criteria into the IPC component of the Demonstration: · Uninsured women, ages 18 through 44, who deliver a VLBW baby on or after January 1, 2011, who have family income up to and including 200 percent of the FPL, who are not otherwise eligible for Medicaid or CHIP.
The following Medicaid eligibility categories are required to receive Resource Mothers Outreach through GF: Women ages 18 through 44 who qualify under the Low Income Medicaid Class of Assistance under the Georgia Medicaid State Plan who are already enrolled in GF and who deliver a VLBW baby on or after January 1, 2011.
The State will enroll individuals into the Resource Mothers Outreach component of the Demonstration who are: · Women, ages 18 through 44, who qualify under the Low Income Medicaid Class of Assistance or Aged Blind and Disabled Classes of Assistance under the Georgia Medicaid State plan and deliver a VLBW baby on or after January 1, 2011.
These services are in addition to Family Planning Services and include: limited primary care services; management and treatment of chronic diseases; substance abuse treatment (detoxification and intensive outpatient rehabilitation) case management including Resource Mothers Outreach; limited dental; prescription drugs (non-family planning) for the treatment of chronic conditions that may increase the risk of a subsequent VLBW delivery and non-emergency transportation.