1. Medicaid
1. Medicaid or CHP+ applications can be made at Arapahoe County, Denver County, or elsewhere; (all social services offices on one map)
2. You might still get Medicaid if you are an adult with no kids under age 18, an adult but make too much money (you have to pay a little), or if you have a child but make too much money.
3. Get a free ride to your Medicaid appointment: call 1-855-264-6368 more than 48 hours beforehand.
4. If you have "Denver Health Medicaid" and want to change to "Regular Medicaid", call 303-839-2120. It has to be within 3 months of becoming "Denver Health Medicaid," or 2 months before your birthday, and becomes effective on 1st of next month.
2. CICP
1. If you live in Denver, go to a Denver Health location. If you live in Aurora, you can get a CICP card from the MCPN Potomac, North Aurora, or South Aurora clinics.
3. We're part of Doctors Care (Resources)

Pregnancy

1. Rose Midwifery 303-320-2944; 4545 E. 9th Ave., Suite 502 Denver, CO 80220
2. Nurse Family Partnership for first time moms. 1001 Yosemite Street; Denver, CO 80230; 720-956-2076
3. Spring Institute's Refugee Pregnancy Support Group

Kids

1. Tylenol and Ibuprofen dosing
2. ABCD helps us do Developmental Screenings; if issues are found we may refer to Early Intervention CO (age 0-2), or Child Find (ages 3+)
3. Help with kids age 0-3: Bright Beginnings

Shots

1. Vaccine Information Sheets in English, Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, French, Karen, Nepali, and Somali.
2. After the Shots Handout in English Arabic, French, Amharic, Karen, Somali.
3. Do you have concerns about shots?
4. If you don't want your shots from us, you can go to TriCounty.

Citizenship

1. Green card application
2. Lowry's $25 Green Card application program for refugees; includes all shots, the civil surgeon signature, and the I693 application.

Mental Health

1. For Refugees (within 5 years of arrival in U.S.): the CDPHE has a special program; we can help get you in to it.
2. For other Medicaid or uninsured patients: we have a list of providers we can refer you to, including Jewish Family Services at 303-597-7777.
3. Or for Medicaid, you can try: Denver County: 303-751-9030; Adams-Arapahoe-Douglas Counties: 720-490-4400; Boulder-Broomfield-Jefferson etc: 866-245-1959
4. For CHP+ call 888-214-1101 (if you are Colorado Access) or 800-414-6198 (if you are state managed care CHP+)
5. For Medicaid Kids
6. For uninsured (not Medicaid) children, couples, or families, try CENTUS; has sliding scale.

Dental For Medicaid: for kids- Medicaid pays everything (checkups, fillings, braces, etc.), for adults it only pays for extractions. So if you are any adult, or a child without Medicaid, you have to pay for cleanings and fillings yourself. Either way, here are some places that take Medicaid and have low pricing for those without Medicaid.

1. Total Oral Prevention Strategies $20 initial dental evaluation; then sliding scale based on income; near Mississippi and Moline; 303-996-4811; Mo-Th 8-5.
2. Kids Choice (serves adults too) $49 initial dental evaluation with xray, cleaning and fluoride; about $86 to pull a tooth: near Kmart at Chambers and Colfax; M-F 9-7, Sa 9-4; or Kids Choice/Perfect Teeth near Kmart at Evans and Monaco; (303)476-6233; M-F 9-7, Sa 9-4
3. Comfort Dental at Mississippi and Peoria may have $19 for first visit.
4. The Childrens Hospital Dental
5. If you are an adult with Denver Health CICP then you have 4 locations to choose from, and if you have MCPN CICP then you have to first be seen by an MCPN doctor and referred.
6. You can read about the programs at CCD and Univ of Colorado School of Dentistry and decide if these are a good fit for you.
7. Further away are options at Salud, Clinica Campesina, or Inner City Health Center.
8. Pediatric Oral Health Screening

Eye Care - Medicaid pays for exam and glasses for children, but only for major eye issues for adults.

1. If you are an adult with no insurance (or Medicaid) who needs glasses to see far away, then go to one of the WalMarts that has glasses (Stapleton, or Hampden and Yosemite). Total cost with glasses can be under $80 (about $40 for exam and $40 for glasses).
2. If you are an adult with no insurance (or Medicaid) who needs glasses to see near (reading glasses), just go to a WalMart vision center, and find a pair that feels right, no prescription needed. These can be as low as $10.
3. If you are an adult with Medicaid with other eye problems, including diabetes, then we will probably refer you to University.
4. If you are a child with Medicaid (or no insurance), or an adult with no insurance who has other eye problems (eg diabetes), you can try Kids Choice (also serves adults) near King Soopers at Colfax and Chambers; 303-341-5437. Accepts Medicaid, CHP+ and most other insurances. Free vision screening, and low prices if you are uninsured.
5. If you are an adult with CICP from Denver Health, then go to Denver Health Ophthalmology; if you have CICP from MCPN, then first go see your MCPN doctor.
6. Free glasses.

Other Aid

1. How to apply for "disability".
2. Your case worker or the county offices (listed above under Medicaid) can also help you apply for SNAP (food stamps), the AND and OAP programs, or TANF; or you can apply yourself using PEAK.

etc

1. Free cell phone.
2. Free food.
3. Yes we can do your DOT physical.
4. Cheap prescriptions - This is a must-use site for uninsured patients and anyone who prescribes to them.

Ardas Staff Resources

1. Administration
1. EMR
2. iGoogle, Contacts, Gmail, Calendar, Documents
3. Phone, Fax, Web.
4. Eligibility: Medicaid (requires Internet Explorer), Aetna (requires IE), Anthem, Cigna, Humana (call # on card), Medicare (see Contacts), Rocky Mt, UHC
2. Provider
1. CIIS Colorado Immunization System, Immunization Schedules.
2. Lab entry (requires internet explorer), Directory.
3. Epocrates, WalMart Four Dollar List, Mcd Preferred Drug List, PDMP.
4. Health Images
5. Codapedia, E&M Univ 99204, 99214 Careful with Medicare labs.
6. Prior Authorizations (but for Medicaid just call 800-365-4944)
7. Mortara EKG manual, DuraNeb Manual.
8. Translations: Google Translate, Somali, Amharic, Tigrigna
3. Patient care
1. PHQ9
2. Abnormal Paps: ASCCP, AAFP.
3. USPSTF, Health Teamworks, summary.
4. Health Teamworks HepBC, Viread, HepC Connection.
5. Hpylori