Benefits and Services
Molina cares about your health and we want you to make the most of your membership! Here is information on some key benefits you can get through Molina Medicare.
Get to know your benefits:
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Getting Care
We Want to Give You Good Care!
Molina Medicare works with your providers to give you good health care. We make choices about your care based on what you need. We also look at your benefits. We do not reward providers to deny you care. We also do not reward staff or other people to deny you care or give you less care. We do not pay extra money to providers or our staff members to deny tests or treatments that you need to get better or stay healthy.
Please call Member Services, if you ever have a concern about your health care. You can also talk to our nurses about getting needed care. Our nurse staff is here to take your call 7 days a week (except holidays) during normal business hours. They can answer questions about how we make health care choices.
We also want to remind you that Molina Medicare has a Nurse Advice Line to help answer questions you may have about your health. There are nurses ready to help you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Click here for our frequently asked questions.
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Virtual Care
Get expert health care from the comfort of home.
Molina Healthcare is pleased to offer you virtual care through additional telehealth services. You can simply search the Molina Provider Online Directory to find a Primary Care Physician who is able to provide services online or over the phone.
Virtual Care means:
- Convenient online or phone visits, from wherever you are.
- You’re treated at NO COST! Visits are free for Molina members.
If at any point your symptoms worsen or you feel like you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 or proceed to the nearest emergency room.
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Case Management & Complex Case Management
Living with health problems and managing them can be hard. We have programs that can help. Case Management is when a trained nurse at Molina Medicare works with you and your Primary Care Provider (PCP). The nurse will help you get the care you need.
We also have a Complex Case Management program for members with difficult health problems who need extra help with their health care needs. Both programs allow you to work with a nurse. The nurse can help you learn more about your health problems. He or she can teach you how to better manage them.
The nurse also will work with your family or others who help care for you. The nurse will work with your provider to make sure you get the care you need.
There are many ways you can be referred to a program. One way to enroll is through your provider. You also can self-refer to the program by calling Member Services. There are certain requirements that you must meet.
This program is voluntary and is offered at no cost to you. You can choose to be removed from the program at any time.
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Care Coordination
Care Coordination is a service for any adult or child who is receiving health services for an ongoing health problem. This health problem can be either physical or mental.
A Care Coordinator’s job is to:
- Help you find services that are not benefits. This could be physical therapy with the schools or "Meals on Wheels".
- Help you access services that you are eligible to receive.
- Help coordinate appointments and tests.
- Help coordinate transportation.
- Help access resources to help individuals with special health care needs and/or their caregivers deal with day to day stress.
How can I help my Care Coordinator help me?
- Write down your questions. This will help you remember things when you have a lot to talk about.
- Tell your Care Coordinator about all your appointments and tests. Not being aware of all the details of your case can make it harder for your Care Coordinator to help you.
For more information or if you have questions, please call Member Services. If you feel that you need emergency treatment, please get help first or call 911.
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Caregiving
Caregiving is the act of giving help to someone to keep them safe and healthy in their home. A caregiver can be a family member, friend, or neighbor. Caregiving needs can be both planned and unplanned.
Unplanned caregiving needs can happen in times of:
- An unexpected surgery
- An unexpected health issue such as a stroke
Planned caregiving is when a health issue or surgery is known before. In the most common cases, caregivers are needed to help a member with a long-term sickness or to support those who cannot handle some part of their daily needs without help. For Medicare members, many often want to age-in-place in their own home. Having a part-time or full-time caregiver can help them.
Many caregivers and members want to talk to Molina Healthcare about benefits or making health care choices. There are levels of forms and approvals based on what the caregiver needs to do. Some of these forms come from the state.
Protected Health Information Form: The member or their Personal Representative can complete this form. This lets Molina share PHI but does not require them to do so.
Appointment of Representative Form (CMS-1696): An appointed representative is a family member, friend, doctor or other person approved to act on your behalf in filing a grievance, coverage determination or appeal.
If you would like to appoint a representative, you and your appointed representative must complete this form and mail it to Molina Healthcare at:
Molina Healthcare
Attn: Service Fulfillment
200 Oceangate Ste 100
Long Beach, CA 90802Durable Power of Attorney: If a member needs help in making health care choices, they should fill out the Durable Power of Attorney form for their state, which can be found here.
This information does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice. Readers of this information should talk to a lawyer to get help about any legal matter.
For more help about caregiving, including a caregiving checklist, and forms, visit MolinaCaregiving.com
Local support for members and caregivers can be found at findhelp.org and care.com
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Molina Guided Care
Guided Care is a type of specialized health care that focuses on you and your serious illness or condition, such as:
- Cancer
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Congestive heart failure (CHF)
- A combination of serious conditions like diabetes or stroke
Our focus is to reduce pain, stress, and confusion.
Members who begin Guided Care can see:
- Improved symptoms
- Reduced hospitalizations
- Fewer unnecessary or unwanted treatments
- Support for both the member and their family and caregivers
In short, we want to give you and your family the best quality of life possible.
Guided Care may be available to those who have Medicare Advantage or who have both Medicare and Medicaid, also known as D-SNP (Dual Eligible – Special Needs Plan).
Your primary care physician (PCP) can refer you to a Guided Care provider. Talk to your PCP if you or someone you care about has a serious illness or condition. Your PCP can tell you if it would be helpful to start Guided Care.
Sometimes a member is not able to make the decision to start Guided Care themselves. In these cases, a family member or caregiver may need the member’s approval to make healthcare choices.
There are forms and approvals based on what the caregiver needs to do. Some of these forms come from the state.
Protected Health Information Form: The member or their Personal Representative can complete this form. This lets Molina share PHI but does not require them to do so.
Appointment of Representative Form (CMS-1696): An appointed representative is a family member, friend, doctor or other person approved to act on your behalf in filing a grievance, coverage determination or appeal.
If you would like to appoint a representative, you and your appointed representative must complete this form and mail it to Molina Healthcare at:
Molina Healthcare
Attn: Service Fulfillment
200 Oceangate Ste 100
Long Beach, CA 90802Durable Power of Attorney: If a member needs help in making health care choices, they should fill out the Durable Power of Attorney form for their state, which can be found here.
This information does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice. Readers of this information should talk to a lawyer to get help about any legal matter.
For more information about Molina Guided Care, visit MolinaGuidedCare.com
Local support for members and caregivers can be found at MolinaHelpFinder.com.
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Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
You have a quarterly allowance (3 months) to spend on Transportation to a health-related location at your discretion on your Molina MyChoice Card. This amount does not correspond to a set number of “rides” but can be used to pay for non-emergency medical rides to a doctor's office, hospital or pharmacy.
Things to remember:
- If you don’t use all of your quarterly benefit amount, the remaining balance will expire and not rollover to the next benefit period.
- You may use your allowance to purchase rides on ride-hailing applications, on taxi services, or towards other forms of non-emergency transportation, such as bus passes, rail cards, or other forms of public transit.
- This allowance is to be used for any services not covered by Original Medicare and/or Medicaid.
To learn more about your benefits, see Chapter 4 of your Evidence of Coverage (see our Member Materials and Forms page).
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Supplemental Dental
You have a benefit allowance each calendar year for all supplemental preventive and comprehensive dental services combined. You may be responsible for costs if you exceed your maximum annual allowance.
Services are offered as unlimited up to your benefit allowance. Supplemental dental services covered include, but not limited to:
Routine Preventive dental care:
- Exams
- Cleanings
- Fluoride Treatments
- X-rays
Comprehensive dental care:
- Non-Routine
- Diagnostic services
- Restorative services
- Endodontics
- Periodontics
- Extractions
- Prosthodontics (including dentures), other Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery
Cosmetic services and dental implants are not covered by the plan and you may not use your MyChoice card to pay for it and other services not covered by Medicare and/or Medicaid.
To learn more about your benefits, see Chapter 4 of your Evidence of Coverage (see our Member Materials and Forms page).
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Supplemental Vision
Molina Medicare Choice Care (HMO)
We have partnered with a Vision Vendor to give you more value for your routine vision needs!
Supplemental Vision services covered include, but not limited to:
- One routine eye exam every calendar year
- An eyewear allowance
You can use your eyewear allowance to purchase:
- Contact lenses*
- Eyeglasses (lenses and frames)
- Eyeglass lenses and / or frames
- Upgrades (such as, tinted, U-V, polarized or photochromatic lenses)
*If you choose contact lenses, your eyewear allowance can also be used to pay down all or a portion of your contact lens fitting fee. You are responsible for paying for any corrective eyewear over the limit of the plan’s eyewear allowance.
You pay $0 for up to one routine eye exam (and refraction) for eyeglasses every calendar year. You have an eyewear allowance every calendar year.
For your routine eye exam, to find an in-network routine preventive vision provider close to you can: Search online – using our supplemental vision provider online search tool at MolinaHealthcare.com/Medicare
Supplemental benefits are offered by the plan to help with items or services that are generally not covered by Medicare. All benefits must be used in the plan year and are only available if you are enrolled at the time services are rendered.
Molina Medicare Complete Care (HMO D-SNP)
Your Molina health plan coordinates care between Medicare and the state Medicaid health plan. You are able to access services for your vision benefit through Nevada Medicaid.
To learn more about your benefits, see Chapter 4 of your Evidence of Coverage (see our Member Materials and Forms page).
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Over-the-Counter (OTC) Benefit
Your coverage includes non-prescription OTC health and wellness items like vitamins, sunscreen, pain relievers, cough and cold medicine, and bandages.
You can order:
- In Store :Through participating retail locations.
- Online: Visit NationsOTC.com/Molina
- By Phone : Call 877-208-9243 (TTY 711) to speak with a NationsOTC Member Experience Advisor, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
- By Mail : Fill out and return the OTC Order Form in the OTC Product Catalog.
Things to remember:
You can visit flex.molinahealthcare.com for information about your MyChoice card.
To learn more about your benefits, see Chapter 4 of your Evidence of Coverage (see our Member Materials and Forms page).
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The Silver&Fit® Fitness Program
The Silver&Fit® program offers you access to participating fitness centers and/or a Home Fitness Kit.
If you have a caregiver, you can bring them with you to help you use the fitness center’s services and equipment.
There are two ways to start using your Silver&Fit benefit:
- Go to SilverandFit.com. Register to use the website. After registering, you can locate a nearby fitness center or pick your Home Fitness Kit. You can also search for online fitness classes.
- Call Silver&Fit customer service at (877) 427-4711 (TTY/TDD 711), Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m., local time, excluding holidays.
To learn more about your benefits, see Chapter 4 of your Evidence of Coverage (see our Member Materials and Forms page).
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24-Hour Nurse Advice Line
Molina Medicare's Nurse Advice Line has highly trained nurses that can help you 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. They can help you decide what to do to get your family feeling better fast. A nurse can help you decide if you or your child should see a provider right away. There are times where you have questions, but you do not think you need to see your provider. We can look up health information from a trusted source and provide recommendations based on symptoms. Call the Nurse Advice Line. You can talk to a nurse in your language about any health problem. Our Nurse Advice Line receives more than 500,000 health advice calls from Molina Healthcare members across the United States every year.
Our call center has been reviewed and approved by a national quality review organization (URAC) since 2007. They will help you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
English & Spanish: (800) 424-5891
For the deaf and hard of hearing, please call TTY: 711
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Other standard benefits
Check your Member Materials and Forms to see all the standard benefits offered by Molina Medicare.
For more information or if you have questions, please call Member Services.
*Printed copies of information posted on our website are available upon request.