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Medicaid Eligibility Manual Abbreviations/Acronyms/Definitions

Issued November 13, 2025 Page 9 of A-200 Replaces January 27, 2025

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

information obtained from individuals seeking medical assistance.

Household Goods – Items of personal property customarily found in the home and used in connection with the maintenance, use, and occupancy of the home.

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Illegal Non-citizen– A non-citizen who has not been lawfully admitted to the United States.

Income – A gain or recurrent benefit measured in money.

Income Unit – The individuals whose income, resources, and needs are considered in determining eligibility.

Incurred Medical Expense – A paid or unpaid bill incurred for medical care that is not covered by third party insurance or Medicaid, which are obligated to be paid by the applicant/beneficiary.

Individual – The individual applicant/beneficiary, the spouse acting on behalf of the applicant/beneficiary, or a court or administrative body with legal authority to act on behalf of the individual or at the direction or request of the individual or the individual’s spouse.

Ineligible Individual – A non-categorically eligible child, parent, or spouse who lives in the home with an SSI-related Medicaid applicant/beneficiary.

Ineligible Non-Citizen – A non-citizen admitted to the United States for a temporary or specified time who is eligible only for emergency medical services if eligibility requirements are met.

In-kind Income – Third party payments which do not result in an individual’s direct receipt of a basic need (food, clothing or shelter), but provides an in-kind item that an individual can apply to meet his/her basic needs by sale or conversion.

In-kind Support and Maintenance – Third party payments that result directly in an individual’s fulfillment of shelter.

Institution – A medical hospital or a long-term care facility (nursing facility, ICF/IID, or group home).

Institutionalized Individual – A person that is likely to reside in a medical institution