New Jersey’s Medicaid agencies are imposing extra unpublished requirements for “caregiver child” house transfers
Federal and State Medicaid law allow the transfer of an applicant’s home to his/her “caregiver child” without imposing the usual penalty for that transfer. But what does it take to be a “caregiver child?” There is an alarming trend we are seeing. County Medicaid agencies are imposing penalties when houses are transferred to such children, citing factors which the...
Medicaid Eligibility – What if the Services aren’t delivered?
After a Medicaid long-term care application is approved and the Plan of Care (PoC) for home and community-based services is approved (MLTSS-HCBS), the individual may be faced with a wait. The New Jersey Medicaid HMO’s that provide the services for the State of New Jersey are required by the State contract to have a deep enough provider pool to service the need. However, clients are...