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5.7 Other Health Insurance The IM Agency should collect insurance coverage information on both the custodial and absent parents and caretakers at application, review, person add, or when insurance changes and enter it into the Medical Coverage Page in CWW. The fiscal agent will complete an insurance search and return verified insurance information through the CWW / MMIS interface. 5.7.1 Policies Not to Report The following policies should not be entered on the Medical Coverage Page in CWW or reported to the Fiscal Agency on the Health Insurance Information form (F-10115). 1. HMOs for which the State pays all or part of the premium. 2. Health Insurance Risk Sharing Plans (HIRSP). 3. Medicare (enter in CWW on the Medicare Page). 4. Indian Health Service (IHS). IHS is the exception to the rule that Medicaid is the payer of last resort. For Native Americans who are Medicaid clients, IHS is the payer of last resort. Do not enter these policies on CARES. 5. Policies that pay benefits only for treatment of accidental injury. 6. Policies that may be described as health insurance, but which pay only weekly or monthly based on the insured’s disability. 7. Limited insurance plans that pay only if there is a specific diagnosis, such as cancer policy. Report them only if the person insured has been diagnosed as having the disease they are insured against and if the benefits are assignable. 8. Life Insurance. 9. Other types of insurance types that do not cover medical services. This page last updated in Release Number: 14-01 Release Date: 02/07/14 Effective Date: 02/01/14 6.1 SSN Requirements 6.1.1 Overview of Social Security Number Requirements BadgerCare Plus applicants must provide an SSN or be willing to apply for one. Assist the applicant in applying for an SSN for any group member who does not have one. See SECTION 9.9.1 SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER for more information on assisting an applicant with applying for an SSN. Non-applicants are not required to provide an SSN. If an SSN application was made in good faith and the applicant cooperated fully with the application process, do not deny benefits if the SSN application was denied for reasons beyond the applicant’s control. See SECTION 9.9.1 SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER for more information on health care eligibility without a verified SSN. An applicant does not need to provide a document or Social Security card. They only need to provide a number, which is verified through data exchanges. If the caretaker is unwilling to provide or apply for the SSN of a minor or 18-year-old, then the person who does not have the SSN is ineligible.