Download CHIP handbook insert - gender transition services

Aetna Better Health® Kids
2000 Market Street, Suite 850
Philadelphia, PA 19103
September 30, 2016
2016 Aetna Better Health® Kids Member Handbook insert
Gender Transition Services
Effective immediately, Aetna Better Health Kids will cover medically necessary services related to gender
transition. We have added gender transition services to your child’s benefit package in accordance with the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. 1
Your child is automatically eligible for these services
The CHIP Program and Aetna Better Health Kids covers gender transition services such as physician’s
services, inpatient and outpatient hospital services, surgical services, prescribed drugs, therapies, etc.
when deemed medically necessary and appropriate.
We have added this information to the Aetna Better Health Kids benefit plan.
Questions?
If you have any questions, just call us at 1-800-822-2447. We’re here Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. TTY users please call 1-800-628-3323.
Sí necesita ayuda para traducir esta información, por favor comuníquese con el departamento de Servicios a miembros del
Aetna Better Health Kids al 1-800-822-2447. Estos servicios están disponibles de lunes a viernes, de 8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m.
Usuarios del sistema TTY deberán llamar al 1-800-628-3323.
1
On May 18, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights, issued the final rule, entitled
“Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities,” which implements Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act of 2010 (ACA) (Pub. L. 111-148).
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