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Special Services Family Planning You may go to any family planning clinic inside or outside your HMO that will accept your Medicaid card. However, HMOs encourage you to use your HMO doctor because he or she can better coordinate all your health care. Dental Services If your HMO provides dental services, then you must pick a dentist from a list that is provided to you. If your HMO does not provide dental services, you may get dental services from any dentist who will accept your Medicaid card. Chiropractic Services If your HMO provides chiropractic services, then you must pick a chiropractor from a list provided to you. If your HMO does not provide chiropractic services, you may get services from any chiropractor that will accept your Medicaid card. Transplant Surgery HMOs pay for cornea and kidney transplants and will cover the “work-up” and pre-surgery expenses for bone marrow, liver, heart, heart-lung, lung and pancreas transplants. The transplant surgery and follow-up care will be covered by fee-for-service Medicaid. Transportation Medicaid-HMOs are required to provide transportation to your medical appointments. Ask your HMO how you can get a ride to and from your doctor’s appointments or hospital visits. Many Milwaukee HMOs provide door-to-door taxi service. School Based Service (SBS) School based services are a benefit paid for by the Wisconsin Medicaid program for all Medicaid and Medicaid-HMO recipients who are attending school. This benefit includes services like occupational, physical and speech therapies. WIC Program Good nutrition is important to a healthy child. WIC is a special supplemental food program for pregnant women, infants and children. It helps pregnant women and children have a normal, healthy nutritional level. WIC agencies and Medicaid-HMOs work together to provide services to eligible recipients. Telephone Assistance Programs It is important to have a telephone in order to get health care when you need it. Ameritech gives a $5.25 credit per phone bill and offers two telephone assistance programs for customers who receive Medicaid. If you currently have telephone service and think you may be eligible for one or more of these programs call 800-924-1500. If you currently do not have telephone service you should call 800-924-1000 to apply for the service. Ameritech will verify your Medicaid eligibility with the State of Wisconsin for the following two programs. Usage Assistance Credit (UAC) -UAC provides Ameritech customers with a one-cent credit per call for every call you make above 150 calls, up to a maximum of 1,200 calls. Telephone Assistance Grant (TAG) TAG allows Ameritech to waive a customer’s installation fee.