Public Benefits

Medicaid: Use of Burial Funds is Income

Use of Burial Funds for Care Results in them Being Treated as Income. In a one page decision, the ALJ…

3 years ago

Medicaid: Transfer Penalty Affirmed

Penalty Affirmed After Life Estate Conveyed; Hardship Waiver Unavailable Because No Legal Action was Taken to Recover Property. Petitioner, a…

3 years ago

Medicaid: Transfer Penalty Reversed Where Services Provided Under Agreement

Transfer Penalty Reversed Where Care Services Were Provided Under Agreement. Petitioner was discharged from a nursing home to home in…

3 years ago

Medicaid: Can’t Designate Cash Value of Life Insurance for Burial

Cash Value of Life Insurance Cannot Be Designated as Burial Fund. Denial of eligibility was affirmed where Petitioner had a…

3 years ago

Medicaid: Determining Equity Value

When Determining Value, Equity Value is CMV Minus mortgages and Liens. Petition created a revocable living trust in 2006. In…

3 years ago

Medicaid: Another Case without a Qualified Income Trust

No QIT, No Medicaid if Income Exceeds Cap, Part 2. Petitioner entered a nursing home in June 2008 and filed…

3 years ago

Medicaid: Life Insurance Snafu

Life Insurance Snafu. Petitioner and Respondent stipulated facts in this case. Petitioner applied for nursing home Medicaid in March 2008.…

3 years ago

Medicaid: No Penalty for Transfer to Disabled Child

No Penalty For Transfer to Disabled Child. DFCS imposed a transfer of resources penalty where Petitioner transferred cash assets to…

3 years ago

Medicaid: No QIT, No Medicaid

No QIT means No Medicaid If Income Exceeds Cap. Petitioner entered the nursing home in July 2007 and applied for…

3 years ago

Medicaid: Determining Which Property is Exempt Home

Determining Which Property is the Exempt Homeplace; Whether Jointly Owned Second Property was Exempt. Petitioner lived at her residence in…

3 years ago