Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 23 - Division of Medicaid
Part 101 - Coverage Groups and Processing Applications and Reviews Redetermination Processes
Chapter 4 - Filing the Application
Rule 23-101-4.2 - Submitting an Application and Application File Date

1. In person at any regional office, official out-stationed location or other location outside the regional office where eligibility staff are on official duty, such as a nursing facility, hospital or other public facility. The filing date is the date received by the office or other location.

2. By mailing to any regional office. Applications received by mail which arrive after the end of the month, but which are postmarked by the last day of the month, will be considered to have been received by the regional office on the last day of the month in which they are postmarked.

3. By fax received in any regional office. The date of filing is the date received by the Division of Medicaid's central or regional offices. An original signature is not required.

4. By on-line submission to the Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) which is then transferred to the Division of Medicaid. The filing date is the date received by the FFM. An electronic signature is accepted for applications filed on-line to the FFM.

5. By telephone via a telephonically recorded application process. The date of filing is the date the telephonic signature is recorded. Unless the telephone interview is recorded, the completed application must be mailed to the applicant for signature in which case the date of filing is the date the Division of Medicaid receives the signed application form.

1. During an interview, an applicant may make changes to the information on an application.

2. If the interview is in-person, the applicant must initial the changes.

3. If the change to information on the application is reported in any other manner, it must be documented in the case record and/or in the case narrative, but not on the application form.