Student Insurance/Medicaid

The Montana Medicaid/HELP program and the Montana University System are working in partnership to provide student Medicaid/HELP clients with excellent medical coverage at a reasonable cost to the taxpayers.

The student health insurance plan is cost-effective for a large number of Medicaid/HELP clients. When the state determines a group insurance plan to be cost effective, the Montana Medicaid/HELP client is required to enroll in the insurance program, and then apply for the Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP) program.

• The HIPP program allows state Medicaid funds to be used to pay for private health insurance coverage when it is cost effective to do so.
• The program is designed to provide additional coverage, not replace the coverage they have, with the student health insurance plan.
• The student health insurance plan becomes the primary coverage and Medicaid/HELP as the secondary coverage.

Contact Joshua Archey at 406-771-4324, joshua.archey@gfcmsu.edu; or stop by the Office of Student Engagement next to the Weaver Library.  Please do so as soon as possible to obtain the State of Montana HIPP form to complete Medicaid requirements. You can also find the form here: Medicaid HIPP Form

  *This form must be faxed to Montana Medicaid, and not returned to Great Falls College 

*IMPORTANT*

Adult Medicaid/HELP clients MUST comply with Third-Party Liability programs, including the HIPP program, as a condition of keeping their Medicaid/HELP medical coverage. If they drop, or refuse, health insurance coverage that the state has determined to be cost effective, their Medicaid/HELP medical coverage may be canceled.

For questions regarding application to the program, please contact:
Office of Student Engagement, Enrollment and Retention
406-771.4324

For questions regarding the Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP) program, please contact:
Brian Weiss, TPL Recovery Officer, Montana Medicaid
406-444-4177 hhshippprogram@mt.gov