Alanfields at 22:32, 14 August 2016

2016-08-14T22:32:04Z

Alanfields at 22:12, 14 August 2016

2016-08-14T22:12:05Z

Alanfields: Created page with "[https://aspe.hhs.gov/basic-report/medicaid-liens HHS Policy Paper on Medicaid Liens]"

2016-08-13T00:15:59Z

Created page with "[https://aspe.hhs.gov/basic-report/medicaid-liens HHS Policy Paper on Medicaid Liens]"

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[https://aspe.hhs.gov/basic-report/medicaid-liens HHS Policy Paper on Medicaid Liens]

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 State officials may assert a lien against medicaid beneficiaries under circumstances set forth in state law, but it must be consistent with the general parameters of federal law set forth in [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1396p# 42 U.S. Code § 1396p].
-It has been an evolving standard.   Medicaid liens on real property of deceased recipients have been	permitted since the beginning of the Medicaid program. They have also been authorized in limited circumstances on real property of living recipients since	1982.  States have increased their use in response to the 1993 estate recovery mandate, enacted in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA	93). This	legislation required states to recoup the costs of long-term care and related	Medicaid services from the estates of certain deceased recipients.
+It has been an evolving standard.   Medicaid liens on real property of deceased recipients have been	permitted since the beginning of the Medicaid program. They have also been authorized in limited circumstances on real property of living recipients since	1982.  States have increased their use in response to the 1993 estate recovery mandate, enacted in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA	93). This	legislation ''required'' states to recoup the costs of long-term care and related Medicaid services from the estates of certain deceased recipients.
 OBRA 93 mandates the state attempt recovery against the estate of deceased beneficiaries who meet the following requirements:
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 *Were not survived by a spouse or certain other dependents deemed to have a deserving claim on the estate.
-Some states apply this only to probate estates, others to non-probate assets.
+There are two types of Medicaid liens for benefits that have been correctly paid -- pre-death or TEFRA liens and post-death or estate
-The state may place liens upon
+==Post-Death (Non-TEFRA or Estate Recovery) Liens==
 [https://aspe.hhs.gov/basic-report/medicaid-liens  HHS Policy Paper on Medicaid Liens]

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		+	State officials may assert a lien against medicaid beneficiaries under circumstances set forth in state law, but it must be consistent with the general parameters of federal law set forth in [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1396p# 42 U.S. Code § 1396p].
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		+	It has been an evolving standard. Medicaid liens on real property of deceased recipients have been permitted since the beginning of the Medicaid program. They have also been authorized in limited circumstances on real property of living recipients since 1982. States have increased their use in response to the 1993 estate recovery mandate, enacted in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA 93). This legislation required states to recoup the costs of long-term care and related Medicaid services from the estates of certain deceased recipients.
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		+	OBRA 93 mandates the state attempt recovery against the estate of deceased beneficiaries who meet the following requirements:
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		+	*Were age 55 or older when they received Medicaid benefits;
		+	*Had been determined to be permanently institutionalized, regardless of age; and
		+	*Were not survived by a spouse or certain other dependents deemed to have a deserving claim on the estate.
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		+	Some states apply this only to probate estates, others to non-probate assets.
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		+	The state may place liens upon
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	[https://aspe.hhs.gov/basic-report/medicaid-liens HHS Policy Paper on Medicaid Liens]		[https://aspe.hhs.gov/basic-report/medicaid-liens HHS Policy Paper on Medicaid Liens]

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Alanfields: Created page with "[https://aspe.hhs.gov/basic-report/medicaid-liens HHS Policy Paper on Medicaid Liens]"