STATE OF ALASKA

Department of Health and Social Services

Division of Public Assistance

 

 

TRANSMITTAL NUMBER:   MC #53

 

MANUAL:  Aged, Disabled and Long Term Care Medicaid Eligibility Manual

 

DATE:  April 1, 2020

 

We have updated the 2020 Federal Poverty Level guidelines for income eligibility effective April 1, 2020. We have also updated other sections that use Federal Poverty Level guidelines for income eligibility.

 

This manual change also consists of several technical changes or clarifications as a result of suggestions from the field. Highlights of these revisions are described below.  If you have any questions please contact the Policy and Program Development Team at e-mail dpapolicy@alaska.gov.

 

OVERVIEW OF CHANGES

 

506(A)      Medicare Eligibility

 

 

516      Retroactive Medicaid

 

 

520(A)      Application and Review Process

 

 

520(B)     Proof of United States Citizenship and Qualified Alien Status

 

 

528(A)     Initial Case Processing

 

 

528(G)       Trust Changes

 

 

530(C)     Use of the Refused Cash Medicaid Subtype

 

 

533(A)     TEFRA Eligibility

 

 

533(B)      TEFRA Conversions

 

 

533(E)      TEFRA Reviews

 

 

534(K)     Example of an Eligibility Determination

 

 

534(M)     Example of an Eligibility Determination With a Medicaid Qualifying Trust

 

 

554(E)       Penalty Start Date

 

 

554(L)     Transfer Penalty and Partial Months

 

 

561     EIS HCB Waiver Codes

 

 

570(E) 6      Home Maintenance Allowance

 

 

570(H)      Nursing Home Examples

 

 

570(J)     Home and Community-Based Waiver Case Examples

 

 

576(F)     EIS Information

 

 

580          Medicare Savings Programs

 

 

Addendum 1

 

 

Addendum 2

 

 

Addendum 4

 

 

Addendum 7