Written by a parent, not a doctor. Nothing here is medical advice.

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

Medicaid Health Insurance Premium Payment · About this organization

What you get

Help paying you back for private insurance premiums when Medicaid approves the plan.

How to start

Ask the agency which insurance and premium documents to send.

Good to know

  • Private insurance still pays first.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Open

For Medicaid members with cost-effective private coverage, HIPP may reimburse premiums while private insurance remains primary.

What help you may get

Medical And Insurance Costs

Medicaid Health Insurance Premium Payment — medical and insurance costs

For Medicaid members with cost-effective private coverage, HIPP may reimburse premiums while private insurance remains primary.

Amount not published

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. A Nebraska child with B-ALL may qualify when the separate program-specific criteria are met.

Age

The program does not publish an age limit.

Treatment status

No specific treatment status is published.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

You must live in: NE.

Where your child is treated

No treatment-location restriction is published.

How to get started

Get ready to apply

Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.

  1. Use the official program route and contact Nebraska DHHS for current eligibility screening, forms, and authorization.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsOpen
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowRolling
Last checkedAug 24, 2026

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Cancer alone may not satisfy disability, SSI, Medicaid, developmental, caregiver, or level-of-care requirements; individual authorization and capacity rules apply.
  • Confirm current individual eligibility, capacity, benefit limits, and application processing.

Official sources

Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program