Every year the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefit rate and Medicaid resource allowances are updated. For 2022, the federal benefit…
H.R. 1717, known as the Protecting Married Seniors from Impoverishment Act of 2021, and a companion bill in the Senate…
What are people talking about when they say you have to "spend down" to become eligible for Medicaid? Well, it…
VA Improved Pension Not Income. Petitioner applied for Medicaid on November 4, 2008. Petitioner was the surviving spouse of a…
Increase CSRA in Superior Court, followed by Application and Fair Hearing. After admission to a nursing home, but prior to…
Use of Burial Funds for Care Results in them Being Treated as Income. In a one page decision, the ALJ…
No QIT, No Medicaid if Income Exceeds Cap, Part 2. Petitioner entered a nursing home in June 2008 and filed…
No QIT means No Medicaid If Income Exceeds Cap. Petitioner entered the nursing home in July 2007 and applied for…
Calculation of Cost-Share. As of November 1, 2008, Petitioner’s gross monthly income was $2,385.54. DGCS calculated the cost-share as $2,189…
Cost-share deduction for health insurance premiums. The ALJ stated the issue as whether a nursing home resident is entitled to…