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Mission and Vision

Mission: Iowa Medicaid is committed to ensuring that all members have equitable access to high quality services that promote dignity, barriers are removed to increase health engagement, and whole person health is improved across populations. 

Vision: Iowa Medicaid works diligently to operate a fiscally responsible and sustainable program that improves the lives of its members through effective internal and external collaboration, innovative solutions to identified challenges and data driven program improvement.

What is Medicaid?

Iowa Medicaid provides health coverage to over 700,000 Iowans every year, including eligible low-income adults, children, pregnant women, older adults and people with disabilities.

Medicaid is administered by states, according to federal requirements. The program is funded jointly by states and the federal government.

Iowa Medicaid is a collection of specific units, each having an area of expertise, and all working together to accomplish the goals of the Medicaid program.

Medicaid Important Health Coverage Tax Documents