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medicaid ch13
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A federally addid, state operated, and state administered program that provides medical benefits for certain low income persons in need of health and medical care is known as | medicaid |
A state child health program that operates with federal grant support under Title V of the social security act that insures children from low income familys also known as MCHP | state childrens health insurance program (SCHIP) |
Aged, blind, or disabled individuals or families and children who meet financial eligibility requirements for aid to families with dependent children, supplement security income or an optional state supplement are known as | categorically needy |
Persons in need of financial assistance or whose income and resources will not allow them to pay for the cost of medical care. also called medically indigent in some states | medically needy |
An individual certified by the local welfare department to recive benefits of medicaid under one of the specific aid categories. | recipient |
A program of prevention that covers screening and diagnostic services to determine physical or mental defects in recipients younger 21 years of age and health care, treatment, and other measures to correct or ameliorate any defects and chronic conditions | early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment (EPSDT) |
Specific mandatory and optional services and supplies that medicaid provides is called | covered services |
A type of copayment requirement that is the amount the patient must pay each month before he can be eligible fot medicaid, also called liability or spend down is called | share of cost |
A type of copayment requirement in some states that require a small fixed copayment to the provider is | at the time the service is rendered |
An organization under contract to the state to process claims for a state medicare program, insurance carriers handling claims from physicians and other suppliers of service for medicare part B. also known as medicare administrative contractor is called | fiscal agent |