{"id":13483,"date":"2025-09-22T15:28:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T15:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/disease-prevention\/?p=13483"},"modified":"2025-09-22T15:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T15:30:10","slug":"virginia-medicaid-va-map-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/disease-prevention\/2025\/09\/22\/virginia-medicaid-va-map-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Medicaid &#038; VA MAP \u2013 What You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-13483\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-13483-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-13483-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-13483-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>Federal funding rules say that the Virginia Medication Assistance Program (VA MAP) can\u2019t pay for client care if there is another way of paying for it. This includes Medicaid. This is not a new rule.<\/p>\n<p>If you meet all of the eligibility requirements for Virginia Medicaid, VA MAP cannot provide you with medication. With limited funds, VDH must apply this rule strictly to ensure as many clients as possible can get their medicines. Clients have a limited amount of time to enroll in Medicaid before losing medication coverage.<\/p>\n<p>The VDH VA MAP program is holding several informational sessions in the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>For more details on informational sessions, or to find the client letter with full details on the VA MAP\/Medicaid transition, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/disease-prevention\/vamap\/\">VA MAP web page<\/a> (this information is under the <em>Recent Announcements<\/em> tab).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal funding rules say that the Virginia Medication Assistance Program (VA MAP) can\u2019t pay for client care if there is another way of paying for it. This includes Medicaid. This is not a new rule. If you meet all of the eligibility requirements for Virginia Medicaid, VA MAP cannot provide you with medication. 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