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UNOFFICIAL 1700.1-43 intellectually disabled, or a medical facility receiving a nursing facility level of care. “Medically needy” means families, children, aged, blind, or disabled individuals who are otherwise eligible for Medicaid, who are not mandatory or optional categorically needy, whose resources are within limits set under the State Plan, but whose income exceeds the appropriate income standard and the excess may be reduced with incurred medical or remedial expenses or both to establish Medicaid eligibility. “Medically needy income standard” means the medical standard of assistance as determined by the department in compliance with federal regulations related to the financial assistance program for an individual or household of applicable size. “Medicare” means the health care insurance program for the aged and disabled administered by the Social Security Administration under title XVIII of the Social Security Act. “Medicare Advantage – Prescription Drug (MA-PD) Plan” means a health plan approved by Medicare and run by private companies. This plan must provide all Part A and Part B services and may offer additional services including Part D drug coverage. MA-PD plans include: Medicare Preferred Provider Organizations (PPO), Medicare Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO), Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans, Medicare Medical Savings Account (MSA) plans and Medicare Special Needs Plans (SNP). “Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit Program” means the federal prescription benefit provided under the Medicare Modernization Act. “Medicare principles of reimbursement” means that body of accounting, cost finding, cost allocation, and cost limit principles that has developed over time in the administration of the Medicare program under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act. It includes, without limitation, the principles identified in the following authorities: (1) The Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§1395 et seq.;