Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 23 - Division of Medicaid
Part 101 - Coverage Groups and Processing Applications and Reviews Redetermination Processes
Chapter 5 - Standards of Promptness
Rule 23-101-5.3 - Timely Processing

A. Applications are approved or denied, and the applicant notified, within forty-five (45) days from the date the application was filed.

B. The processing timeframe is ninety (90) days when a disability determination is required before the eligibility determination can be completed. However, if a separate disability decision is not required, the forty-five (45) day standard applies.

C. The applicable standard of promptness of forty-five (45) or ninety (90) days is applied to an aged, blind, or disabled (ABD) application from the date an application is filed to the date the notice of decision is mailed to the applicant. When there is a delay, the reason is documented in the record.

D. The applicable standard of promptness for applications filed with the Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) begins when the Account Transfer (AT) record is received by the Division of Medicaid.