If you are pregnant, or just delivered a baby, your baby must have his or her own Medicaid Identification number.  Medical procedures are performed even on unborn children, and your doctors must have the baby's Medicaid number to bill Medicaid for services.  Without a Medicaid number, Medicaid will not pay claims for your baby.

To get a number for your baby, you must first tell your Medicaid eligibility worker that you are pregnant and verify your expected due date.  Your worker will add your baby to your Medicaid case.  When your Medicaid Identification Card is printed, it will have your baby's Medicaid number on it.  Until your baby is born, his or her name must be listed as "Unborn" on the card.  The baby's date of birth will be the expected date of birth.

Report the birth of your baby, or termination of pregnancy, immediately to your Medicaid eligibility worker.  The worker will make the necessary changes to your Medicaid case, including the baby's name and actual birth date.

To avoid problems with being billed for services to your baby, be sure to show all medical providers your Medicaid Identification Card which includes your baby's name and Medicaid Identification number.