QIT

2024 SSI and Spousal Impoverishment Standards Announced

On November 14, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced the 2024 SSI and Spousal Impoverishment Standards. The…

6 months ago

2024 SSI Amounts and Estimated Impact on Medicaid

Effective January 1, 2024, the federal Supplemental Security Income payment amount will increase by 3.2 percent. The amounts paid to…

6 months ago

Social Security Announces 2024 Increase

On October 12, 2023, the Social Security Administration announced that Social Security and SSI payments will increase by 3.2% in…

7 months ago

Gross Income Used to Determine Whether Qualified Income Trust is Necessary (Ohio)

In Merritt v. Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Case No. CA2021-04-044 (12/27/2021), Jerome Merrit applied for Ohio nursing…

2 years ago

Tenncare Notices

The following notices are routinely included with other correspondence from Tenncare. Below are Tenncare's notices regarding: (1) Estate Recovery, (2)…

2 years ago

Medicaid: Annuity; Transfer Penalty for Failing to Name State as Beneficiary

Annuity; Transfer Penalty for Failing to Name State as Beneficiary. Petitioner, a 95 year old nursing home resident, applied for…

3 years ago

Medicaid: Another Case without a Qualified Income Trust

No QIT, No Medicaid if Income Exceeds Cap, Part 2. Petitioner entered a nursing home in June 2008 and filed…

3 years ago

Medicaid: No QIT, No Medicaid

No QIT means No Medicaid If Income Exceeds Cap. Petitioner entered the nursing home in July 2007 and applied for…

3 years ago

Medicaid: DFCS directed to determine eligibility where application pending over one year

DFCS directed to determine eligibility where application was pending for over one year. Petitioner filed an application for Medicaid on…

3 years ago

Medicaid: Ignorance of QIT Requirement No Excuse

Ignorance of QIT Requirement Does Not Excuse Failure to Comply. Nursing home resident’s son assisted with her October 25, 2007…

3 years ago