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Louisiana Medicaid Eligibility Manual Abbreviations/Acronyms/Definitions

Issued May 27, 2022 Page 10 of A-100 Replacing January 28, 2022 Revised/added text indicated by underscore Deleted text indicated by “*”

LSUHSC- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

LTC – Long Term Care

LTCP – Long Term Care Partnership

LTPCS – Long Term Personal Care Services

LWC – Louisiana Workforce Commission (previously La. Department of Employment and Training - LDET)

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MAGI – Modified Adjusted Gross Income

MAM – Medicaid Administrative Memorandum

MBI – Medicare Beneficiary Identifier

MCAC – Medical Care Advisory Committee

MCO – Managed Care Organization

MEC – Medical Eligibility Card

MEC – Minimum Essential Coverage

MEDS – Medicaid Eligibility Data System (replaced by LaMEDS 11/2018)

MEDT – Medical Eligibility Determination Team

MEM – Medicaid Eligibility Manual

MEQC – Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control

MES – Medicaid Enterprise System **

MEVS – Medicaid Eligibility Verification Service

MIL – Minimum Income Level

MIPPA – Medicare Improvement for Patient’s and Provider’s Act of 2008