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UNOFFICIAL 1700.1-7 “Asset” means cash and any other personal property, as well as real property, that an individual or family: (1) Owns; (2) Has the right, authority, or power to convert to cash (if not already cash); and (3) Is not legally restricted from using for the individual's or family's support and maintenance. “Assignment” means assigning to the department, in writing, the right to obtain medical support and other third party payments. “Assisted living facility” means a facility, as defined in HRS section 321-15.1 that is licensed by the department of health. This facility shall consist of a building complex offering dwelling units and services to allow individuals to maintain an independent assisted living lifestyle. “Attending physician” means a medical doctor (M.D.) or a doctor of osteopathy (D.O.), authorized to practice medicine and surgery by the state, who orders and directs the services required to meet the care needs of a Medicaid beneficiary. The attending physician may be a physician from a group practice who is designated as the primary physician or an alternate physician that has been delegated the role of the attending physician by the beneficiary's initial attending physician during the physician's absence. At the time he or she elects to receive hospice care, the attending physician has the most significant role in the determination and delivery of the individual’s medical care. “Audit adjustment factor” means a reduction to the costs reported in a cost report that has not been finally settled by the department to reflect the average amount of costs that the department has historically disallowed for facilities statewide as part of the final settlement process. “Authorized representative” means an individual or organization designated by an applicant or a beneficiary in writing with the designee’s signature or by legal documentation of authority to act on