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Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP) is a Federally mandated program administered in Virginia by the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) that pays the applicant's share of employer-based health insurance premiums.
NOTE: In Virginia, this program is known as "FAMIS Select".
The applicant or family members must be Medicaid eligible, employed, and able to get group health insurance or COBRA coverage from their employer. Medicaid may also pay for medical expenses not covered by your private insurance. (This is called "wrap-around" coverage.)
Contact your local Department of Social Services or call the HIPP Helpline at 1-800-432-5924 for more information.
FAMIS Select replaced the former ESHI program on August 1, 2005 and provides an alternative for families with children approved for FAMIS who have access to private or employer-sponsored coverage. If the family elects to participate in FAMIS Select, they receive up to a $100 per month to help pay for the cost of covering the child in a private or employer's health plan instead of through FAMIS. The child then receives the health care services provided by the private/employer-sponsored health plan and the family is responsible for any costs associated with that policy. In some cases, the premium assistance payment provided by SCHIP funds helps the family afford coverage for the entire family.
VA Benefit Information System Welcome and Introduction
Information for this topic was drawn from a DMAS report, Report on the Status of the Family Access to Medical Insurance Security (FAMIS) Plan Trust Fund, available for download in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) at:
http://www.dmas.virginia.gov/downloads/studies_reports/2005-RD236.pdf
Additional information was drawn from the FAMIS handbook at:
http://www.famis.org/materials/FAMIS_HANDBOOK_English_0110.pdf
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