Qualifying Individual (QI) – A Medicare recipient who qualifies for one of several Medicare savings programs, also including QMB and SLIMB, that help the recipient pay the costs of Medicare. For a QI-1,the state pays the Medicare recipient’s monthly Part B premium.
Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) – An order that allows an alternate payee, (usually a spouse, a former spouse, a child, or other dependent) to directly receive all or part of an individual’s pension benefits.
Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) – A Medicare recipient who qualifies for one of several Medicare savings programs, also including SLIMB and QI, that help the recipient pay the costs of Medicare. The state pays a QMB’s Medicare’s premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance based on the recipient’s income.