Your Health Care
If you have Medicare already, this will help you.
Medicare pays for most medical and mental health services.
Your
No co‐pay when Medicare pays for all or part of a service.
Medicare…
No limit to the number of times you can see your doctor.
No restrictions on who you can see as long as they participate in Medicare.
Your physician will help refer you.
Medicaid will pay if there are costs left over after Medicare pays.
For some services that are not Medicare services, Medicaid limits the
Your
number of times it will pay for you to see a doctor from July to June of each
Medicaid…
year.
You may have to pay a co‐pay for services that Medicare does not cover.
Check the Medicaid web site:
Stands for Community Care of North Carolina/Carolina ACCESS.
It is North Carolina’s Medicaid special health care plan.
CCNC/CA
CCNC/CA has helped many people find a primary doctor.
What is it?
Your primary doctor will refer you to a specialist if you need one. Let your
doctor know which specialist you want to see.
A primary care doctor.
Benefits of
Trained people to make sure you get the care you need.
CCNC/CA!
A nurse care manager if your health problems are hard to manage.
You are enrolled automatically. You don’t have to do anything.
You can choose not to enroll at this time or you can choose to enroll with
another primary doctor. You may also enroll later.
If you choose not to enroll, your Medicaid and Medicare benefits will not be
How do I
reduced or stopped.
enroll?
When enrolled, you can choose to disenroll at anytime.
You can choose your own primary care doctor. You can also change your
primary care doctor. Most changes are effective the month after you request
a change.
For more information, call your local department of social services or call
Medicaid at 1‐888‐245‐0179
Division of Medical Assistance
Community Care of North Carolina/Access Care
Revised 1/10/11