Mississippi Medicaid Health Benefits Overview
For individuals who can get full Mississippi Medicaid health benefits, the following are covered services:
- office visits
- family planning services
- inpatient hospital care
- outpatient hospital care
- prescription drugs
- eyeglasses
- long term care services
- inpatient psychiatric care
For more details regarding limits and maximum services available, please refer to the following webpages: Fee Schedules and Rates, Mississippi Medicaid State Plan and Title 23 of the Mississippi Administrative Code.
Non-Emergency Transportation (NET) Services
Medicaid will provide transportation assistance to eligible persons for travel to medical appointments when there are no other means of getting to and/or from the appointment. The services must be medically necessary, covered by Medicaid, rendered by a Medicaid approved provider and the eligible person has not exceeded any service limits associated with the covered service.
To find out how to get help with transportation to your appointment, call toll-free:
United Healthcare – Medical Transportation Management (MTM)
- To schedule a ride/complaints/Where’s my ride – 1-844-525-3085
Molina Healthcare – Southeastrans Transportation
- To schedule a ride/complaints/Where’s my ride – 1-855-391-2355
Magnolia/Centene Beneficiaries – Medical Transportation Management(MTM)
- To Schedule a ride-1-866-331-6004
- Complaints from Beneficiary (member)-1-866-912-6285 ext 66400
- Complaints from a Healthcare Provider/Facility?-1-866-912-6285 ext 66402
- Foster Care Beneficiary (member) Service Line-1-866-869-7747
Fee For Service Medicaid NET transportation – Medical Transportation Management(MTM)
- To schedule a ride – 1-866-331-6004
- Your ride is late or a no show – 1-866-334-3794
- To file a complaint – 1-866-436-0457
Additional Covered Services
For a more expanded view of covered services if deemed medically necessary, click on the boxes below:
Dental
General dentistry
Oral surgery
Orthodontia
Durable Medical Equipment
Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
Medical supplies
Orthotics/Prosthetics
Hospital Care
23 hour observation
Emergency room services
Inpatient care
Organ Transplants
Outpatient care
Mental Health
Inpatient psychiatric care
Outpatient hospital mental health service
Psychiatric residential treatment facilities
Therapeutic and evaluative mental health services
Professional Medical Services
Chiropractic
Dialysis
Expanded Mississippi Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT)
Laboratory
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Physician administered drugs and devices
Physician/Nurse Practitioner/Registered Nurse office visits
Podiatry
Private duty nursing
Radiology and advanced imaging
Speech therapy
Places of Service
Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC)
Community homes for individuals with intellectual disabilities
Emergency room
Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
Hospital inpatient and outpatient
Indian health
Intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities
Mississippi Department of Health
Nursing facilities
Office visits – Physician/Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner/Registered Nurse
Rural Health Clinics (RHC)
Swing bed
Transportation
Air transportation
Emergency Transportation
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NET)
Wellness
Adult wellness screenings
Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) wellness screenings
Lead screening
Vaccines for children
Other Services
Family planning
Hearing services and hearing aids
Home health
Hospice
Long term care
Prescription drugs
School based administrative claims program
School health related services program
Vaccines and vaccines for children program
Vision and eyeglasses