STATE OF ALASKA

Department of Health and Social Services

Division of Public Assistance

 

 

TRANSMITTAL NUMBER:   MC #40

 

MANUAL:  Family Medicaid

 

DATE:  February 20, 2009

 

Denali KidCare, Transitional Medicaid, and Self-Employment Annualization income standards are based upon the Federal Poverty Guidelines ( FPG ) for Alaska as set each year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  We have updated the charts in Addendum 1 and 2 to reflect these changes which take effect March 1, 2009.

 

In addition to other technical changes, the section on conducting interviews was revised to correctly describe the date the denial notice is sent for a request for service application.  The verification section in Chapter 5005 was also updated to add information about the SOLQ interface and remove obsolete information about the Senior Benefit interface.  We also clarified several sections by changing the word ”deem” to ”consider”, when the intent is to count income and resources in full, as opposed to counting them partially by formula.  In some sections a phrase about deeming is eliminated where it no longer applies (as in sibling deeming).

 

In response to questions from field staff this manual change includes information on how Refugee Cash Assistance and one-time Refugee Resettlement payments are treated for the Family Medicaid program.

 

Other technical revisions include changing the name of the former medical services contractor First Health to the new contractor Affiliated Computer Systems, and replacing the term Specified Relative to Caretaker Relative wherever found.

 

Highlights of these policy revisions are described below.  If you have any questions please contact the Policy and Program Development Team at 465-3382 or email dpapolicy@alaska.gov.

 

OVERVIEW OF CHANGES

 

MS 5005-4 E  Conducting Interviews

 

MS 5005-5 B  Information from Data Systems and EIS Interfaces

 

MS 5156-2  Lump Sum Payments

 

MS 5156-5  Resources of Stepparents

 

MS 5161-3  Loans

 

MS 5161-19  Non-recurring Lump Sum Payments-  

 

MS 5161-25  Refugee Cash Assistance

 

Addendum 1  Denali KidCare Income Standards

 

Addendum 2  Family Medicaid Income Standards

 

 

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