Medicaid-the basics
Legislation that was signed into law March 23rd, 2010 and opened the door for expanded Medicaid.
What is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare?
This is our term for reaching out electronically to our information partners to verify citizenship, SSN, identity, etc.
What is pinging the HUB?
This is the screen that verifies that a client lives in the State of Ohio.
What is the residency screen?
You use this program to request days off.
What is Timeforce?
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What is Mount Everest?
This is the three months prior to a client's Medicaid application month where they might be eligible for Medicaid coverage.
What is retro or retroactive eligibility?
This is an individual under 19 years old who expects to be claimed by a non-custodial parent on taxes.
What is a tax dependent with an exception?
This is the screen where you would detail a client's Social Security disability status.
What is the Medical Condition screen?
With a client's social, this is often, but not always, a great source for checking a client's work history.
What is the Work Number (TALX)?
This person is the sister-in-law of your father's only brother.
Who is your mother?
The date a client's Medicaid begins if he or she applied on October 31, 2018 and was approved for benefits.
What is October 1, 2018 or July 1, 2018 if approved for retro.
This is the answer to the question 'Is SSI countable or not countable as Medicaid income'.
What is not countable?
This is used to verify things like child support, unemployment, social security income, and more through an electronic query.
What is E-verify?
The place you would look to see the birth certificate a client turned in last week to the front desk.
What is OnBase? (EDMS also acceptable)
This is the antonym of 'synonym'.
What is antonym?
This is a person or company that has been approved to act on a client's behalf with regards to their JFS benefits.
What is an authorized representative?
This form needs to be completed before you can propose the closing of a client's Medicaid coverage.
What is a PTR (Pre-Termination Review)?
This is the screen where you can CHANGE a client's phone number.
What is Individual Demographics?
This is the program you use to see if a client's Medicaid benefits have 'crossed over' to be seen by their medical providers.
What is MITS?
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What is steal a towel?
These are the limiting physical factors.
What are aged, blind, and disabled?
This is a type of Medicaid that can often be opened while we wait for verification of a client's eligibility.
What is Presumptive Eligibility, or PE?
This is what you do once all a client's verifications are received and all applicable OBWP screens are completed.
What is run EDBC?
This is the best place to find a job aid for any Medicaid problem you might have pop up in OBWP.
What is the Ohio Benefits Project Website?
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What are Mice?