Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024
Section 8.200.400.9 - GENERAL MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY Medicaid services are jointly financed by the federal government and the state of New Mexico and are administered by medical assistance division (MAD).
A. Within broad federal regulations, New Mexico determines categories of eligible recipients, eligibility requirements, types and range of services, levels of provider reimbursement and managed care capitation, and administrative and operating procedures.B. New Mexico administers medical assistance programs using waivers of the Social Security Act for comparability of services, rules for income and resources and freedom of choice of provider.C. Payments for medical and behavioral health services, durable equipment and supplies are made directly to service providers, not to the medicaid eligible recipient.D. This chapter describes the New Mexico categories of medicaid and medical assistance programs eligibility. Each medicaid and medical assistance program includes detailed eligibility requirements which are organized into the following three chapter types:(1) recipient requirements (.400);(2) income and resources standards (.500); and(3) benefit description (.600).N.M. Admin. Code § 8.200.400.9
8.200.400.9 NMAC - Rp, 8.200.400.9 NMAC, 1-1-14, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVIII, Issue 18, September 26, 2017, eff. 10/1/2017, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXIX, Issue 24, December 27, 2018, eff. 1/1/2019