Louisiana Medicaid: Hearing coverage
Your hearing is an important part of your overall health. Learn more about the hearing coverage our members get.
Your hearing is an important part of your overall health. Learn more about the hearing coverage our members get.
To stay healthy, children should have their hearing checked regularly from birth through age 20. Hearing services are part of the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) services children with Humana Healthy Horizons® in Louisiana coverage get.
Coverage for members younger than 20 includes:
These exams make sure that children are:
You may need approval from us before getting some services. This preapproval is called prior authorization.
To learn more about prior authorization:
Coverage for members 21 and older includes hearing exams. If you need hearing services that we do not cover, you will have to pay for these services.
If you need a hearing doctor (sometimes called an audiologist), you can:
Watch a video about using our Find a Doctor service
To use our online Find a Doctor tool go to Humana.com/FindaDoctor.
Enter your ZIP code, select Medicaid as your coverage type, and select Network from the drop-down menu.
You can then search by the name of the doctor or facility, specialty, such as cardiology, or a condition such as ear infection.
You also can choose All and type any text into the search.
Then click Search.
Click Update my search to search for something else.
If you need help finding and choosing a doctor, call the number on the back of your enrollee ID card to speak with an Enrollee Services representative.