Children with Medical Handicaps
CMH Mission
The mission of the Children with Medical Handicaps Program is to assure, through the development and support of high quality coordinated systems that children with special health care needs and their families obtain comprehensive care and services which are family-centered, community-based, and culturally competent.
- Children with special health care needs are linked to specialty physicians for care.
- CMH then helps families obtain payment for needed health services for these special health care needs.
- Think of it as a “safety net” health care program—covering your medical bills as a private insurance or the medical card would—CMH covers remaining costs after these two insurances have paid and also may cover services that they do not cover at all.
- A public health nurse from Galion City Health Department manages your coverage and assists you with all your needs and concerns—including applying for coverage, renewal, locating CMH physicians, getting special services approved for coverage, routine home visits and health assessments, and anything else you might need related to your CMH coverage.
Diagnostic – Short-term coverage (9 months) to diagnose or rule out a chronic medical condition or to establish a plan of treatment for the qualifying chronic medical condition.
Treatment – Long-term coverage to manage a chronic medical condition until the child is 21.
Diagnostic
- Children birth to 21 years of age
- Permanent resident of Ohio with intent to remain in the State
- Under the care of a CMH-credentialed physician
- Have a possible chronic medical condition to be diagnosed or ruled out
- There is NO financial requirement.
Treatment
- Diagnosed with an eligible chronic medical condition*
- Children birth to 21 years of age
- Permanent resident of Ohio with intent to remain in the State
- Under the care of a CMH-credentialed physician
- Meets the financial criteria (income requirements)
*Examples of eligible chronic medical conditions: Birth defects, Cerebral palsy, Spina bifida, Congenital heart defects, Hearing loss, Cystic fibrosis, Diabetes, Severe vision disorders, Cleft lip/palate, Hemophilia, Sickle Cell disease, AIDS, Scoliosis, Epilepsy, Juvenile arthritis, Chronic pulmonary disease, Cancer, and many more.