Apple Health Core Connections (AHCC)
Children and youth experiencing foster care are enrolled in Coordinated Care’s Apple Health Core Connections (AHCC) program for Medicaid coverage. Coordinated Care’s goal is to make health care easier. Their healthcare coordinators work with caregivers and caseworkers to access primary care, behavioral health, vision, dental, specialists, durable medical equipment (DME), Home Health, and more.
The medical insurance card will be mailed to you. While you wait, you can ask the caseworker to look up the child or youths’ Provider One or Apple Health Core Connections (AHCC) identification number. Use the Medical Voucher for Foster Children for medical care or prescriptions until the child or youth’s Provider One card comes in the mail.
For care management and other help, email AHCCTeam@coordinatedcarehealth.com, or call the AHCC team at 1-844-354-9876 and dial 2 for help with the following:
- A member ID number
- Finding a provider/specialist
- Issues with a pharmacy
- Care management requests
- Benefit information
- Help with the website
- 24/7 Nurse Advice Line
For children and youth who are enrolled in Fee For Service Coverage, email the Foster Well Being Team at FWB@dshs.wa.gov.
Wellness Resource Wednesdays
Join CaRES, Coordinated Care, and Harborview Medical Center staff every third Wednesday of the month from 6:30-8 p.m. for Wellness Resource Wednesdays. Learn more by visiting the CaRES website and scroll down the page until you see “Drop-in Discussions.”
Medically Complex Children
Connect with a CaRES Medically Complex Children Specialist by emailing alliancecares@uw.edu.
