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Medicaid Eligibility Manual Abbreviations/Acronyms/Definitions
Issued November 13, 2025 Page 12 of A-200 Replaces January 27, 2025
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working individuals, age 16 to 65, who meet the Social Security disability criteria. These individuals must also meet special income and resource limits.
Medically Needy Program – A federally funded program that provides full Medicaid coverage for up to six (6) months.
Medical Support –Payment of costs for medical care ordered by a court or by an administrative process established under state law.
Medicare Savings Program – A group of Medicaid programs (QMB, SLMB, QI and QDWI) administered by Louisiana Medicaid that may assist low income seniors and people with disabilities with the payment of their Medicare premiums, and in some cases, their deductibles and co-payments.
Minimal Essential Coverage – Any insurance that meets the Affordable Care Act requirement for having health coverage.
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Need – Living at or below the income and resource eligibility standards for Medicaid.
New Admission – A first time admission to a medical facility or a readmission, after an absence of 30 days or more, when the absence was not due to hospitalization.
New Opportunities Waiver – A Medicaid program that allows qualifying individuals with developmental disabilities, age 3 and older, to have more choices and more flexibility when it comes to the services they receive through Louisiana Medicaid.
Non-Citizen – An individual who is not a U.S. citizen.
Non-Citizen Sponsor – An individual or organization that agreed to provide certain support to a non-citizen as a condition of the non-citizen's entry into the United States as a permanent resident.
Non-Excluded Resource – Any resource that is counted toward the resource limit or which would have counted, in whole or part, toward the resource limit, if the resource had been retained.
Non-Modified Adjusted Gross Income (Non-MAGI) – Medicaid eligibility categories for individuals whose eligibility is determined using traditional Medicaid income and resource tests (formerly known as SSI – Related) rather than MAGI.
Non-Qualified Non-Citizen – Non-citizens who do not meet qualified non-citizen