Acronyms
Acronym for Eligibility and Enrollment
What is E&E?
The period of time a person is eligible for Medicaid services.
What is a Certification Period?
Acronym for Long Term Care
What is LTC?
The period of time that we are considering and evaluating income and resources to determine eligibility for medical assistance.
What is the Consideration Period?
Acronym for Medical Assistance
What is MA?
Acronym for Social Security Benefits
What is SSB?
The availability of coverage for incurred medical expenses covered under the state plan for a period not to exceed 3 months before the month of application.
What is Retroactive Coverage?
Acronym for Medicaid Management Information System
What is MMIS?
The process of renewing Medicaid eligibility, also known as reapplying, recertification, or renewal.
What is a Redetermination?
Acronym for Social Security Number
What is SSN?
Acronym for Specified Low Income Medicare Beneficiary
What is SLMB?
These are standardized deductions that are given to help reduce income when determining eligibility for benefits.
What are Disregards?
Acronym for Action Transmittal
What is AT?
Someone an applicant chooses to act on their behalf.
Who is an Authorized Representative?
Acronym for Qualified Medicare Beneficiary
What is QMB?
Acronym for Aged, Blind & Disabled
What is ABD?
This disregard is provided to anyone applying.
What is $20 General Disregard?
Acronym for Third Party Liability
What is TPL?
This disregard is subtracted from earned income.
What is the $65 Earned Income Disregard?
Acronym for Supplemental Security Income
What is SSI?
Acronym for Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
What is OASDI?
A redetermination that is scheduled for any date prior to the original redetermination date.
What is an Unscheduled Redetermination?
Acronym for End Stage Renal Disease
What is ESRD?
This is the utilization control agent for the state of Maryland. They determine if the medical service received was of an emergent nature for our undocumented and ineligible alien population.
Who is Telligen?
Acronym for State Verification Exchange System
What is SVES?