Medicaid

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A program in the United States, jointly funded by the states and the federal government, that reimburses hospitals and physicians for providing care to qualifying people who cannot finance their own medical expenses.

Medicaid

[med′ikād]

a U.S. federally funded state-operated program of medical assistance to people with low incomes, authorized by Title XIX of the Social Security Act. Under broad federal guidelines, the individual states determine benefits, eligibility, rates of payment, and methods of administration.

Medicaid [med´ĭ-kād]

a state-operated program providing medical care to certain low-income persons; the state programs receive federal aid and are subject to federal guidelines.

Medicaid,

n.pr a federal assistance program established as Title XIX under the Social Security Amendments, which provides payment for medical care for certain low-income individuals and families. The program is funded jointly by the state and federal governments and administered by the states.

Medicaid

Medical practice A federally-funded, state-operated and administered program authorized by Title XIX of the Social Security Act of 1965, which provides medical assistance to low-income groups–eg, elderly, blind, disabled, single-parent families, unemployed under age 65. See HMO.

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Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment
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Health Care Financing Administration
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intermediate care facility
Medicaid buy-in
Medicaid fraud
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Professional Standards Review organization
skilled nursing facility
SNF
Social Security Administration

GAO examined available data to assess (1) the extent to which Medicaid children and adults have certain health conditions and receive certain preventive services, (2) for Medicaid children, state monitoring and promotion of the provision of preventive services, (3) for Medicaid adults, state coverage of preventive services, and (4) federal oversight by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Medicaid Preventive Services: Concerted Efforts Needed to Ensure ... by General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony

The fees that Medicaid pays physicians have not caught up with those of Medicare and may have contributed to enrollees' access problems, according to these authors.

Trends in medicaid physician fees, 2003-2008 by Zuckerman, Stephen; Williams, Aimee F.; Stockley, Karen E. / Policy & Practice

This study examines whether the implementation of Texas' Medicaid preferred drug list (PDL) influenced, or had a spillover effect, on the prescribing of statin products for non-Medicaid patients.

Spillover effects of restrictive drug formularies in the statin ... by Wang, Y. Richard / Managed Care Interface

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Medicaid for the Aged or Disabled
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