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Each year, certain of the income and resource standards are adjusted for the means-tested Medicaid and SSI programs. If you are considering an application for SSI (Supplemental Security Income) or for Medicaid, or you’re helping someone to apply, you need to be familiar with the numbers. This post discusses the numbers that are going up on January 1, 2023. What’s MLTSS?  The MLTSS...

On January 1, 2023 the Social Security Administration will be giving its recipients an 8.7% Cost of Living Increase (COLA). You probably know that if a person on New Jersey MLTSS-Medicaid receives gross fixed monthly income in excess of $2,523 (that’s the 2022 threshold), they must establish a Qualified Income Trust (QIT) to receive the excess income, in order to preserve their Medicaid...

The NJ Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (DMAHS) has released Medicaid Communication #22-01 which provides the new numbers that are relevant to applications for Medicaid Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) benefits.    22-01_Income_and_Resource_Standards_for_Medicaid_Only (1)      MLTSS pays for nursing home care (skilled nursing facilities), Assisted Living Facilities and...

Test your knowledge about nursing homes and the Medicaid-MLTSS program that pays for nursing home care, assisted living and part-time home care. Does a person’s monthly income have to be less than $2,313 (2,349 in 2020) to apply for Medicaid-MLTSS? Will the State take one-half the house if a married person moves into a nursing home? Does a married person have to sign over or pay...

The NJ Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (DMAHS) has just released Medicaid Communication #20-01 which provides the new numbers that are relevant to applications for Medicaid Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) benefits.   20-01_Medicaid_Only_Standards         MLTSS pays for nursing home care (skilled nursing facilities), Assisted Living Facilities and part-time home care...

The Medicaid program that pays for long-term services and supports (MLTSS) for nursing home care, assisted living and home care services is available for applicants whose income is less than the cost of care, as long as their resources (assets) don’t exceed the prescribed limits. We still hear from clients that they’ve been told that “you can never apply for Medicaid because...

“What on earth is a QIT?” Under the New Jersey Medicaid program, there are some extra hoops to jump through when the applicant’s gross monthly income from all sources exceeds $2,205.00. This number is colloquially referred to as the “income cap,” and up until late 2014, it created a hard barrier to eligibility for home and community-based Medicaid services for...

When I first started filing Medicaid applications for my clients back in 1995, a person who needed long-term care services in the home or assisted living but had run out of money could not even apply for Medicaid if their gross monthly income was higher than the “income cap.” Of course, the income cap was well below the amount that was needed to pay for care, which meant that a lot...

Medicaid Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) in New Jersey pays for nursing home care for people with alzheimers disease, catastrophic disabilities and other serious difficulties with self care. The program requires any applicant with more than $2205 (three times the SSI amount–new for 2017) of gross income to make a Qualified Income Trust.  Our office assists applicants with this...

New Jersey has a lot of roads to eligibility for Medicaid, and that’s a good thing.  All of those roads are called NJ FamilyCare, and that’s a confusing thing. Medicaid in New Jersey is provided by five Managed Care Organizations (MCO) now through NJ FamilyCare.  You must choose one to get services, including long-term services and supports (LTSS), which will be coordinated by the...