Medicaid
This program is the largest source of funding for medical and health-related services for people with low income in the United States
What is Medicaid?
AHCCCS' strategic priorities fall into two categories:
1. Access to Care; and
2. _______ of Care
What is Quality?
This Arizona Medicaid program is for individuals who have age-related and/or physical disabilities and who require nursing facility level of care.
What is ALTCS E/PD?
Health plans are sometimes also called MCOs, which means this.
What is Managed Care Organization?
Pronounced like "access" as an acronym, this is the full name of the state Medicaid agency in Arizona.
What is the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System?
Medicaid is a federal healthcare program that was established during the Johnson administration in this year.
What is 1965?
AHCCCS' focus on prevention includes significant focus on MCH, which is short for?
What is Maternal Child Health?
A facility and/or program that is recognized as providing the highest levels of leadership, quality, and service.
What is Center of Excellence?
In Arizona, AHCCCS operates certain programs outside of the managed care model under the FFS program, which means this.
What is Fee-for-Service?
This "Big" Bill has the state Medicaid agency busy working to plan the community engagement requirements set to go into effect next year.
What is the Big Beautiful Bill or HR1?
Medicaid provides long term care coverage to over 7.7 million individuals who are elderly and/or physically disabled. These individuals receive what we call "LTSS," which is short for this.
What are Long-Term Services and Supports?
One of AHCCCS' focuses includes addressing health-related social needs such as housing and food insecurity. AHCCCS refers to it as Advancing this.
What is Whole Person Care?
A facility that is owned and/or operated by a Federally recognized American Indian/Alaskan Native Tribe and that is authorized to provide services.
What is 638 Tribal Facility?
This program is designed to cover children who do not qualify for Medicaid due to family income but still need affordable health coverage, sometimes called CHIP.
What is Children's Health Insurance Program?
SED is a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder in children or adolescents that significantly impairs their ability to function in family, school, or community settings. It stands for this.
What is Serious Emotional Disturbance?
This Department manages processes required by federal regulations that allow members or providers to exercise their rights to challenge health plan decisions.
What is Grievance and Appeals?
AHCCCS initiatives to prevent and detect FWA and to ensure appropriate utilization of healthcare resources falls into this strategic initiative, which AHCCCS refers to as Strengthening this.
What is Program Integrity?
An agreement that delegates any of the requirements of the Contract with AHCCCS.
Administrative Services Subcontractor
This program benefit ensures children under 21 receive comprehensive preventive and treatment health services, including medical, dental, vision, and mental health care. (We'll take the acronym or the full name).
What is EPSDT or Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment?
Clinics that officer multiple specialties may often be referred to by this short name.
What is MSIC?
Banner-University Family care is Arizona's premier community-based health plan currently serving over 200,000 Medicaid beneficiaries in this many counties in Central and Southern Arizona.
What is 10?
(Maricopa, Gila, Pinal, La Paz, Yuma, Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise, Graham, Greenlee)
What is the Community Assistor program?
This policy manual provides Administrative, Claims, Financial, and Operational Policies of the AHCCCS Administration, in addition to, providing information to Contractors and subcontractors who have delegated responsibilities under an AHCCCS contract.
What is AHCCCS CONTRACTOR OPERATIONS MANUAL (ACOM)
AHCCCS calls these "HRSNs," which is similar to SDOH.
What are Health Related Social Needs?
This AHCCCS leader serves as interim director.
Who is Roberta Harrison?