Department of Social Services
Family Support Division
PO Box 2320
Jefferson City, Missouri
TO: ALL FAMILY SUPPORT OFFICES
FROM: KIM EVANS, DIRECTOR
SUBJECT: UPDATING TERMINOLOGY USED FOR MO HEALTHNET (MHN) PROGRAMS
DISCUSSION:
Programs that use Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) to determine eligibility for MHN are MAGI Programs. Policy that applies to MAGI Programs is listed on the Missouri Department of Social Services Manuals & Memos webpage under MAGI Manuals.
These programs include:
- MO HealthNet for Families
- MO HealthNet for Families (MHF Adult, MHF Child)
- MO HealthNet for Pregnant Women (MPW)
- Show-Me Healthy Babies (SMHB)
- MO HealthNet for Kids (MHK)
- Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
- Uninsured Women’s Health Services (UWHS)
- MO HealthNet Adult Expansion Group (AEG)
- Presumptive Eligibility (PE)
Programs that use other income counting methods to determine eligibility for MHN are Non-MAGI Programs. All Non-MAGI policy manuals are listed on the Missouri Department of Social Services Manuals & Memos webpage under Non-MAGI Manuals.
These programs include:
- MO HealthNet for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled Programs
- MO HealthNet Non-Spend Down (MHNS)
- MO HealthNet Spend Down (MHSD)
- MO HealthNet Vendor (VENDOR)
- Home and Community Based Waiver Services (HCB)
- MO HealthNet for Disabled Children (MHDC)
- Missouri’s Children with Developmental Disabilities Services Waiver Services (MOCDD)
- Ticket to Work Health Assurance (TWHA)
- Qualified Disabled Working Individuals (QDWI)
- Medicare Savings Programs (MSP)
- Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMB)
- Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries (SLMB1)
- Qualified Individuals (QI), also known as SLMB2
- Blind Pension (BP)
- Supplemental Aid to the Blind (SAB)
- Supplemental Nursing Care (SNC)
- Breast or Cervical Cancer Treatment (BCCT)
Some MO HealthNet programs follow guidelines in both and may be referenced by their program names, without regard to MAGI or Non-MAGI. These programs include:
- Emergency MO HealthNet Care for Ineligible Aliens (EMCIA)
- The EMCIA Policy Manual is located under Other IM Manuals.
- Former Foster Care Youth (FFCY)
- FFCY policy sections are located in the MAGI Policy Manual and in the MHABD Policy Manual.
NECESSARY ACTION:
- Review this memorandum with appropriate staff.
KE/cj