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Medicaid Eligibility Manual Abbreviations/Acronyms/Definitions
Issued November 13, 2025 Page 15 of A-200 Replaces January 27, 2025
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application.
Renewal – A periodic evaluation of a certified Medicaid case to determine continued eligibility. This process was formerly referred to as “redetermination process.”
Residential Options Waiver – Assists in transitioning individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities from Intermediate Care Facilities to their own home in the community.
Resource – Cash or other liquid asset, or any real or personal property that an individual (or spouse) owns and could be converted to cash.
Resource Unit – The individual(s) whose resources must be considered in determining eligibility.
Responsible Person – One or more individuals designated by an applicant/beneficiary (verbally or by use of a designation form) to act on his/her behalf with respect to a specific Medicaid application or renewal. See Authorized Representative.
Retroactive – 1. Determining eligibility up to three (3) months prior to month of application. 2. Period of eligibility up to three (3) months prior to the month of application.
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Sanction – Denial of benefits for failure to comply with an eligibility requirement (e.g. cooperating with Support Enforcement.)
Separate Resource – A resource acquired by an individual outside of marriage, by either prior ownership or inheritance, and held separately and legally identifiable as owned solely by the individual.
Settlor – The person who creates a trust.
Shared Resources – Resources acquired during the marriage including community assets which may be held in the name of one or both members of the couple.
Siblings – Minor children living in the home who are brothers and sisters, including natural or biological, adopted, or half brothers and sisters.
Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary Only – A Medicaid program that pays Medicare Part B premiums without, full Medicaid benefits.