STATE OF ALASKA
Department of Health and Social Services
Division of Public Assistance
TRANSMITTAL NUMBER: MC #9
MANUAL: Aged, Disabled and Long Term Care Medicaid Eligibility Manual
DATE: July 15, 2008
We have updated program standards to reflect changes for 2008 and added a new addendum to describe Working Disabled Medicaid Buy-in Procedures. We have also made numerous technical changes.
Highlights of these policy revisions are described below. If you have any questions please contact the Policy and Program Development Team at 465-3347 or email dpapolicy@alaska.gov.
OVERVIEW OF CHANGES
MS 507 Estate Recovery
Removes the name of Public Consulting Group (PCG). This organization no longer helps to administer the Estate Recovery program.
MS 520-D Disability Determinations
MS 523-D Cost of Care Determination
Clarifies that Senior Benefits Payments are countable in the cost-of-care determination.
MS 533-C Referral and Interagency Communications
MS 533-D Case processing
Removes Arbitre Consulting as a contracted care coordination agency for disabled child at home ( TEFRA ) determinations. DSDS now does the ICAP evaluations previously done by Arbitre Consulting.
Clarifies the role of the Division’s Long Term Care Coordinator in the administration of TEFRA cases.
MS 534 Working Disabled Medicaid Buy-In.
Adds a cross reference to new Addendum 8 on Working Disabled Medicaid Buy-in Procedures.
MS 554-K Annuities
Adds a note to clarify that transfer of asset provisions do not apply to revocable and/or assignable annuities.
MS 554-L Transfer Penalty and Partial Months.
Updates the email address for Division of Senior and Disability Services in MS 554-L(7).
MS 580-D Low-Income Subsidy ( LIS ) Program
Updates this section to reflect 2008 resource limits for low-income subsidy (extra help) categories.
Removes information about LIS subsidy benchmark amounts for Alaska and a cross reference to new table in Addendum 1 that includes this information.
Addendum 1 Program Standards
Updates Federal Poverty Guidelines for Alaska that became effective March 1, 2008.
Adds information about maximum Low Income Subsidy amounts for Alaska.
Updates Pickle Amendment Table for 2008.
Addendum 6 Medicare Part D Low Income Subsidy Guide
Updates Low Income Subsidy resource limits for 2008.
Addendum 8 Working Disabled Medicaid Buy-In Procedures
Provides information about processing procedures for Working Disabled Medicaid Buy-In cases.
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