Medicaid Policy
No Previous Policy
All confidential information must be safeguarded from unauthorized disclosure and use. State employees who fail to safeguard confidential information may be subject to both civil and criminal penalties.
Confidential information includes identifying information about applicants and recipients, such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, social security numbers, etc. Second, it includes information used to determine eligibility, such as income, assets, medical reports and data, names of persons obligated to provide financial and medical support, etc. Third, it includes information about benefits and medical services provided to individual recipients.
Information that cannot be identified to particular applicants and recipients is not confidential information. For example, information stating the total number of Medicaid recipients, the total number of children receiving Medicaid, or the total number of elderly individuals receiving Medicaid is not confidential information because no one person can be identified by the general information.
For specific information about releasing case record information TO APPLICANTS AND RECIPIENTS, SEE SECTION 113.
For specific information about SAFEGUARDING INCOME MATCH DATA, SEE SECTION 115.