127-3          COMMUNICATION AND CASE TRANSFERS BETWEEN DISTRICT OFFICES AND DENALI KIDCARE

When processing Denali KidCare in a DPA Division of Public Assistance district office, the following guidelines apply:

1. When a stand-alone Denali KidCare case is authorized through the current benefit month, the caseworker will CARC the Denali KidCare case to Field Service Office ( FSO Field Service Office ) 072-9-99.  It is not necessary to send copies of the application to Denali KidCare.  

Note:

It is extremely important that only open cases are in the FSO Field Service Office caseload.

2. The district office caseworker sends the appropriate ”D” series notice to the client and explains in the notice that the child’s Medicaid case is being transferred to the Denali KidCare office.

3. When a Long Term Care caseworker opts to maintain a Denali KidCare case due to the child fluctuating between TEFRA Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act and Denali KidCare or if waiver approval is imminent, the case must be CARC’d to the Long Term Care caseworker, not the Denali KidCare office.
   
   It is always important to write detailed CANO Case Notes notes on all related and associated cases when eligibility transfers from one case or program to another.