STATE OF ALASKA

Department of Health and Social Services

Division of Public Assistance

TRANSMITTAL NUMBER:  MC #12

MANUAL:  MAGIModified Adjusted Gross Income Medicaid program

DATE: April 1, 2020

We have made several changes to clarify existing policy as a result of policy questions or suggestions from the field. An overview of the changes are listed below.

If you have any questions, please contact the Policy and Program Development Team at dpapolicy@alaska.gov.

OVERVIEW OF CHANGES

802-3 Other Notice Requirements

• • Added information about "dates of service" for MAGIModified Adjusted Gross Income Medicaid benefits.

804 Right to Fair Hearing

• • Added clarification of the various modes in which an individual may request a fair hearing.

806-2 Actions Taken on The Application

• • Changed the application requirement time frame from 30 days to 45 to align with the Federal requirement.

  • Changed the denied application filing dates from 30 days to 45 days to align with the Federal requirement.

  • Changed the delayed application filing dates from 30 days to 45 days to align with the Federal requirement.

806-3 Renewal Requirements

• • Changed the renewal requirement time frame from 30 days to 45 days to align with the Federal requirement

820-6 Specialized Budgeting

• • Added MAGI MS 820-6 "Specialized Budgeting".
  • Added clarification to correctly count deemed sponsor income.

823-1 C Secondary Sources of Verification

• • Replaced "BVS" or Bureau of Vital Statistics with its new name: Health Analytics & Vital Records (HAVR).

823-3 Verifying Relationship Status

• • Replaced "BVS" or Bureau of Vital Statistics with its new name: Health Analytics & Vital Records (HAVR).

831 C Regular Medicaid Rules that do not Apply

• • Added a link for "Deemed Income" to 820-6 for further clarification on income counting.

833 C Subtypes

• • Updated the Income Standards chart effective 04/01/2020 due to the FPLFederal Poverty Limit.

Addendum 1 MAGIModified Adjusted Gross Income Medicaid Income Standards

• • Updated the Federal Poverty Limit (FPL) income limits.

Addendum 2 MAGIModified Adjusted Gross Income Medicaid Subtypes

• • Created new Medicaid subtypes specific to undocumented illegal aliens. CMSCenters for Medicaid and Medicare Services clarified these expenditures must now be reported quarterly.

Addendum 3 Countable and Excluded Income for MAGIModified Adjusted Gross Income Medicaid

• • Added a link to MAGI MS 820-6 for the correct processing of Alien Sponsor Deeming Income.