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Medicaid Eligibility Manual Abbreviations/Acronyms/Definitions

Issued November 13, 2025 Page 18 of A-200 Replaces January 27, 2025

Revised/added text indicated by underscore Deleted text indicated by “**”

Uncompensated Value – The difference between the fair market value of an asset at the time of transfer (less any outstanding loans, mortgages, or other encumbrances on the asset), and the amount of compensation received by the individual or spouse in exchange for the asset.

Undue Hardship – Compelling circumstances that would result in placing an unreasonable burden on an heir.

Unearned Income – All income, cash or in-kind, that is not earned income.

Usufruct – The right to use property that is owned by another, and right to income that property produces.

V

Valid Loan/Valid Debt – A legally binding agreement made in good faith.

Valuable Consideration – When an individual receives in exchange for his or her right or interest in an asset some act, object, service, or other benefit which has a tangible or intrinsic value to the individual that is roughly equivalent to or greater than the value of the transferred asset.

Vehicle – Passenger car or other mode of transportation used to provide necessary transportation.

Vendor Payment – Payment made by a third party including Medicaid on behalf of an applicant/beneficiary.

W

Waiver Service – Home and community-based services offered as an alternative to institutional services.

Wire Third Party Query System (WTPY) - A federally mandated computer match with the Social Security Administration (SSA)

Y

Youth Aging Out of Foster Care – An individual who is under 21 years of age and who, on the individual’s 18th birthday, was in foster care under the responsibility of the