Using insurance at UW Medicine
For information about using your insurance at UW Medicine, to learn about or apply for financial assistance, or any related questions, please visit the UW Medicine Patient Resources Billing and Insurance website.
This information is available in Amharic, Chinese, English, Punjabi, Russian, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese and interpreters are available if you prefer to speak with a UW Medicine staff person by phone.
General insurance information
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Coverage to Care program, has two guides to help people understand and use their health insurance. The Roadmap to Better Care, explains the basics of what health coverage is and how to use it, and the Roadmap to Behavioral Health adds information on using your insurance for mental health and substance use disorder care.
The CMS Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH) provides these and other Coverage to Care resources in additional languages and for Tribal populations, to help more people understand their health insurance coverage and how to access healthcare services of all kinds.