NJ Medicaid posts guidance on Veterans Benefit income
MedCom No. 15-08 was issued on April 29th by the NJ Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (DMAHS) to provide instructions to applicants who receive benefits from the Veterans Administration. When a person applies for Medicaid to pay for nursing home, assisted living or home care under the MLTSS program, they need to disclose their income from all sources. Each MLTSS program has...
State of NJ issues MedCom to Medicaid Supervisors on use of Qualified Income trusts (QITs)
On December 19th, 2014, the NJ Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (DMAHS) issued Medicaid Communication No. 14-15 to the County Welfare (CWA) Directors, explaining the necessity for certain higher-income Medicaid applicants to divert their excess income into a Qualified Income Trust (QIT) before they can apply for MLTSS Medicaid services to pay for nursing home, assisted...
It’s official: NJ Qualified Income trusts are needed for high-income Medicaid applicants as of 12/1/14
I am sure you’ve seen or heard about the changes coming to the NJ MLTSS Medicaid program with respect to applicants whose gross monthly income exceeds the “income cap,” which is presently $2,163. I’ve blogged about this over the last few months. Well it’s official now – the State has confirmed that December 1 is indeed the date in which this new procedure...
NJ Medicaid issues Guidance on new Qualified Income Trusts
I previously posted about the upcoming changes to the New Jersey Medicaid programs that pay for nursing home care and home and community-based services (HCBS) for people whose gross monthly income exceeds $2,163. This amount was formerly called the “income cap,” and people in that group could only receive Medicaid benefits in nursing homes. That was under the “Medically...