The Gateway to Better Health Waiver was discontinued in 2022. This webpage should be used for informational purposes only.
Approved on July 28, 2010, the "Gateway to Better Health" Demonstration Project aims to preserve access to ambulatory care for low-income, uninsured individuals in St. Louis City and County. The Demonstration project transitioned to a coverage model on July 1, 2012. This Demonstration Project and the funding mechanisms that preceded it have been critical to maintaining and improving access to health care for uninsured individuals in St. Louis City and County since the closure of the city's last remaining public hospital in 1997. The program is designed to provide primary, urgent, and specialty care coverage to uninsured adults (not eligible through the Medicaid State Plan) in St. Louis City and County, aged 19-64, who are below 133% of the FPL, through a coverage model known as Gateway to Better Health Blue. Additionally, individuals otherwise meeting the same requirements but with income up to 200% of the FPL may be enrolled into Gateway to Better Health Silver coverage, which includes urgent and specialty care services but excludes the primary care benefit.
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| Date | Volume Number | Subject | Type | Program |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22/2020 | 42-39 | Nursing Facility Program: Cost Report due to COVID-19 | Bulletins | All MO HealthNet Providers |
| 04/21/2020 | COVID-19: New Laboratory Codes - Updated | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 04/17/2020 | COVID-19: Personal Care Program Services | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 04/17/2020 | COVID-19: Home Health | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 04/07/2020 | COVID-19: Claims for MO HealthNet Participants with Medicare or Commercial Insurance | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 04/03/2020 | COVID-19: EPSDT - Well-Child Care Visits via Telehealth | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 04/02/2020 | COVID-19: Private Duty Nursing (PDN) | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 04/01/2020 | COVID-19: CPAP and NiPAP/Sleep Studies Criteria | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 03/27/2020 | COVID-19: Sedative Hypnotic Preferred Drug List | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 03/26/2020 | COVID-19: Missouri receives approval from Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services of 1135 waiver request to COVID-19 | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 03/25/2020 | COVID-19: Sterilization | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 03/24/2020 | COVID-19: MO HealthNet Providers Providing Services at Additional Locations | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 03/23/2020 | COVID-19: Telehealth – REVISED March 26, 2020 | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 03/23/2020 | COVID-19: Multi-Function Ventilator | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers | |
| 03/23/2020 | COVID-19: Teledentistry | Hot Tips | All MO HealthNet Providers |