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Term&abrev 4020wk2
4020 Abbrevations and terminology week 2
Question | Answer |
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MCD | Medicaid |
SCHIP | State Children's Health insurance Program |
MCHP | Maternal and Child health program |
TANF | Temporary Assistance to Needy Families |
AFDC | Aid to Families with dependent Children |
SSI | Social Security income |
EPSDT | Early,Periodic Screening,Diagnosis and Treatment |
MN | Medically Necessary |
CHDP | Child Health and Disability Program |
EOP | Explanation of Payment |
MFCU | Medicaid Fraud Control Unit |
DEFRA | Deficit Reduction Act |
QMB | Qualified Medicare Beneficiary |
TEFRA | Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act |
MQMB | Medicaid Quailfied Medicare Beneficiary |
C Codes | Identifies items that may quailfy for"pass through" payments for hospital outpatient services |
G Codes | codes that usually would be assigned a cpt code for which there is no cpt assigned to date. |
Q Codes | Services that typically would not be assigned CPT codes, such as drugs, biological, medical equipment and supplies |
S Codes | Assigned for services such as drugs and supplies for which codes are need for the private insurance sector for polices, programs or claims proccesing |
H Codes | used by the state medicaid agenies to identify mental health sevices such as alcohol and drug treatment services |
Categorically Needed | Aged, blind, of diabled individuals or familes and children who meet financial eligiblity requirement for aid to familes with dependant children, supplemental security income or an optional state supplement |
Covered Services | specific services and supplies for which medicaid will provide reimbursment |
Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment | the EPSDT program covers screening and diagnostic services to determine physical or mental defects in recipients younger than 21 years of age and health care, treatment and other measures to correct of eliminate any defects and chronic conditions discover |
Maternal and Child Health Program | (MCHP)A state service organiaztion to assist children younger than21 years of age who have conditions leading to health problems |
Medically Needed | Persons in need of financial assistance or whose income and resources will not allow them to pay for the cost of medical care |
Prior Approval | The evaluation of a provider request for a specific service to determine the medical necessary and appropriateness of the care requested for a patient |
Share of Cost | The amount the patient must pay each month before he or she can be eligible for medicaid |
Recipient | A person certified by the local welfare department to receive the benefits of medicaid under one of the specific aid categories |
Co-Insurance | A cost sharing requirement under a health insurance policy providing that the insured will assume a percentage of the cost for covered services |
Co-payment | A patients payment of a portion of the coat at the time of service is rendered (AKA co-insurance) |
Medicaid | a federally aided, state operated and state administrated program that provides medical benefits for certain low income persons in need of health and medical care |
Medi-Cal | Cailf. version of Medicaid |
Supplemental Security income | a program of income support for low income, aged, blind, and disabled persons established by title xvi of the social security act |