Medical Benefits
Many of the healthcare services and benefits for AmeriHealth Caritas Ohio members are listed on this page. Services must be medically necessary, and provided or coordinated by your primary care provider (PCP) unless otherwise noted. Talk with your PCP or call Member Services at 1-833-764-7700 (TTY 1-833-889-6446) if you have any questions or need help with any health services.
For some benefits, you have to be a certain age or have a certain need for the service.
In addition to the benefits on this page, view detailed information for our:
Regular healthcare
- Acupuncture to treat certain conditions
- Allergy services
- Ambulance and wheelchair van transportation
- Behavioral health services (including mental health and substance use disorder treatment)
- Certified nurse midwife services
- Certified nurse practitioner services
- Chemotherapy services
- Chiropractic (back) services
- Dental services
- Developmental therapy services for children from birth to age 6
- Diagnostic services (X-ray, lab)
- Durable medical equipment (for example, a breast pump, breast milk storage bags, walking aid, or blood pressure monitor)
- Emergency services
- Family planning services and supplies
- Freestanding birth center services at a freestanding birth center
- Federally qualified health center (FQHC) or rural health clinic (RHC) services
- Gynecological (OB/GYN) services
- Home health services
- Hospice care
- Inpatient hospital services
- Medical nutrition therapy (MNT) services
- Nursing facility services (except when ODM determines the member will return to fee-for-service Medicaid)
- Maternity care — prenatal and postpartum, including at-risk pregnancy services
- Outpatient hospital services
- Pharmacist services (under the medical benefit)
- Physician services
- Physical and occupational therapy
- Physical exam required for employment or for participation in job training programs if the exam is not provided free of charge by another source
- Podiatry (foot) services
- Prescription drug
- Preventive mammogram breast cancer and cervical cancer screenings
- Primary care provider services
- Renal dialysis (kidney disease) services
- Respite services for members younger than 21 with long-term services and supports (LTSS) or members with behavioral health needs
- Screening and counseling for obesity
- Services for children with medical handicaps (Title V)
- Shots (immunizations)
- Specialist services
- Speech and hearing services, including hearing aids
- Telehealth services
- Tobacco cessation services — call 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669) and speak with an intake specialist to discuss assistance to help you quit tobacco
- Vision (optical) services, including eyeglasses
- Well-child (Healthchek) exams for children younger than 21
- Yearly checkups for adults
If you have any questions about any of the benefits listed here, talk to your PCP or call Member Services at 1-833-764-7700 (TTY 1-833-889-6446).