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Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

Katie Beckett Medicaid

What you get

Medicaid coverage at home for children with disability and intensive care needs. Open now.

Who starts it
You, with a document from your doctor
How it’s sent
Online, on their website
Your time
About 15 minutes, plus waiting for the document
Last checked
Aug 27, 2026

Before you start, check you fit

  • Your child is 18 or under.
  • The financial review uses the child's income and resources.
  • Cancer alone may not satisfy disability, SSI, Medicaid, developmental, caregiver, or level-of-care requirements; individual authorization and capacity rules apply.

  1. Ask your doctor for the documentStart here. This is the part that takes the longest.

    Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services needs a note confirming the diagnosis from your doctor. Copy this message, or say it in person at the next visit.

    Hi [doctor’s name],

We’d like to apply to Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services’s Katie Beckett Medicaid. They offer medicaid coverage at home for children with disability and intensive care needs, and they are taking applications now.

They need a note confirming the diagnosis from you. Their form and instructions are here: https://dhhs.ne.gov/pages/Medicaid-Home-and-Community-Based-Programs.aspx

Could you do that when you have a chance? I can send you the link, or bring a printout to our next visit. Thank you for everything you do for us.

[your name] · [phone]
    Copying is the only thing this page does with your text. Nothing is saved.

  2. Fill in their applicationIt is on their website.

    Open their application ↗ Checked Aug 27, 2026

    What the form asks for

    Katie Beckett request preparation
    Note Katie Beckett interest on your application

  3. Submit it on their websiteSend the document with your application, or the way they ask.

    • Submit the Medicaid application in iServe or through a local DHHS office and explicitly request Katie Beckett review.

After you send

Email dhhs.katiebeckett@nebraska.gov or call 855-632-7633 for application assistance; respond to assessment and records requests. If you have not heard back in two weeks, write and ask whether it arrived.

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