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Chapter 15
Medicaid
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adjusted claim | payment correction resulting in additional payment(s) to the provider. |
| Basic Health Program (BPH) | health benefits coverage program for residents with low incomes who would otherwise be eligible to purchase coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace; implemented by Affordable Care Act to give states the ability to provide more affordable coverag |
| Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | provides health insurance coverage to uninsured children whose family income is up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level (monthly income limits for a family of four also apply). |
| dual eligibles | individuals entitled to Medicare and eligible for some type of Medicaid benefit. |
| Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) services | legislation that mandates states to provide routine pediatric checkups to all children enrolled in Medicaid. |
| Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) | portion of the Medicaid program paid by the federal government. |
| federal poverty level (FPL) | income guidelines established annually by the federal government. |
| Medicaid | cost-sharing program between the federal and state governments to provide health care services to Americans with low incomes. |
| Medicaid eligibility verification system (MEVS) | sometimes called recipient eligibility verification system or REVS; allows providers to electronically access the state’s eligibility file through point-of-sale device, computer software, and automated voice response. |
| Medicaid remittance advice | sent to the provider; serves as an explanation of benefits from Medicaid and contains the current status of all claims (including adjusted and voided claims). |
| medical assistance programs | provides health care coverage to individuals with low incomes. |
| parent/newborn claim | submitted for services provided to a newborn under the parent’s Medicaid identification number. |
| recipient eligibility verification system (REVS) | also called Medicaid eligibility verification system (MEVS); allows providers to electronically access the state’s eligibility file through point-of-sale device, computer software, and automated voice response. |
| surveillance and utilization review subsystem (SURS) | safeguards against unnecessary or inappropriate use of Medicaid services or excess payments and assesses the quality of those services. |
| voided claim | claim Medicaid should not have originally paid, resulting in a deduction from the lump-sum payment made to the provider. |
| Qualified Medicare beneficiaries (QMB) | individual states pay Medicare premiums, deductibles, coinsurance amounts, and copayments for individuals with low incomes. |