chapter 10
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corrine-moore on October 8, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Categorically Needy | a person who receives assistance from government programs such as TANF |
| Early and Periodic Screening,Diagnosis, and Treatment Medicaid's | Medicaid's prevention early detection and treatment program for eligible children under the age of 21 |
| Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentage | Basis for federal government Medicaid allocations to individuals states |
| Fiscal Agent | an organization that processes claims for a government program |
| Medicaid | Californias state Medicaid program name |
| Medically Indigent | Medically needy |
| Medically Needy | Medicaid classification for people with high medical expenses and low financial resourses although now sufficient low to receive cash assistance |
| Payer of last resort | Regulation that medicaid pays last on a claim when a patient has other insurance coverage |
| State Childrens Health Insurance Program | program offering health insurance coverage for uninsured children under Medicaid |
| Temporary Assistance for Needy Families | A government program that provides cash assistance for low income families |
| Third Party Liability | An obligation of an unsurance plan or government program to pay all or part of medical costs |
| Welfare Reform Act | 1996 law that established the TANF program in place of the Aid to Families with dependent children program and tightened Medicaid eligibility requirements |
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