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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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MO HealthNet News

The table below provides general information and updates that are relevant to this program page, as well as all MO HealthNet providers. To find information for all other MO HealthNet programs, or to search by date, program or keyword, visit the MO HealthNet News page. If you would like to receive updates in your inbox, subscribe(link is external) to MO HealthNet News!

Date Volume Number Subject Type Program
05/28/2024 Optimizing MO's Managed Care Plan Benefits for Maternal & Infant Health – June 27 Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
05/10/2024 PACE Benefit Table Hot Tips Gateway to Better Health
04/30/2024 MO Medicaid Audit & Compliance New Toll-Free Number Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
04/25/2024 Claims Processing Schedule for Fiscal Year 2025 Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
04/19/2024 46-53 Update to Medicare Crossover Claims Bulletins All MO HealthNet Providers
04/11/2024 2024 Relias Continuing Education Courses Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
04/03/2024 Optimizing Missouri’s Managed Care Plan Benefits for Maternal and Infant Health – Cape Girardeau, April 23, 2024 Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
04/02/2024 46-48 Free Standing Birth Center Bulletin Bulletins All MO HealthNet Providers
04/01/2024 2024-1 Provider Newsletter 2nd Quarter 2024 Newsletters All MO HealthNet Providers
03/29/2024 Provider Training Schedule Posted, April – June 2024 Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
03/29/2024 An Easier Way to Manage Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Rides Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
03/15/2024 New MO Tobacco Quit Services Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
03/08/2024 Maternal Health Access Project Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
03/01/2024 46-46 Change Healthcare Bulletins All MO HealthNet Providers
02/26/2024 Optimizing Missouri’s Managed Care Plan Benefits for Maternal and Infant Health Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers