Resource Eligibility

Medicaid: Lost application; eligibility retroactiev to three months from original appliction

Where application was lost, eligibility retroactive eligibility related back three months from date of original application. After receiving a personal…

3 years ago

No Penalty Where Resources were Transferred to Disabled Child

No penalty may be assessed where resources are transferred directly to a disabled child. A nursing home resident transferred approximately…

3 years ago

Medicaid: Community Spouse Resource Allowance administratively raised

Community Spouse Resource Allowance administratively raised. Evidence was stipulated that the combined marital income of the couple did not result…

3 years ago

Medicaid: Valuation; value of transferable promissory note

Valuation; value of transferable promissory note. Petitioner filed a motion for summary determination and respondent failed to answer. The issue…

3 years ago

Medicaid Treatment of Retirement Accounts

Treatment of retirement accounts. Section Section 2332 indicates that an applicant must apply for periodic benefits, but does not indicate whether the…

3 years ago

Medicaid Resource Limit Firm; Debt not a factor (2008)

Resource limit firm; debt not a factor. Petitioner’s application for benefits was denied twice because the Petitioner’s agent was unable…

3 years ago

Timm v. Mont. Dep’t of Pub. HHS, 2008 MT 126 (2008)

In Timm v. Mont. Dep’t of Pub. HHS, 2008 MT 126 (2008), Linda Timm entered the nursing home in July…

3 years ago

Divorce as a Medicaid Planning Option

Divorce is one of the most aggressive Medicaid planning tools. Divorce should not be approached lightly and should not be…

3 years ago

Medicaid: Cases

Cooperative federalism is not license to re-write clear federal rules (Co. App.) Ruth Koehler sued the Department after it terminated…

3 years ago