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Medicaide FAQ Where are Medicaide Applications filed? In New Jersey Medicaide Applications are filed at the County Board of Social Services. The counties maintain outreach offices in major hospitals otherwise the application must be filed at the county office. Protect your assets while qualifying for Medicaide - Attorney explains.
What if I am unable to locate a birth certificate, marriage certificate, death certificate or divorce decree? All of these items can be obtained from the Registrar of Vital Statistics or from court records. If it is absolutely impossible to obtain these records, other forms of evidence may be accepted. How does the applicant prove that it is medically necessary that he be receiving the care being provided? A PAS is ordered by the facility. Medicaide sends a nurse to examine the applicant to determine whether or not the care is medically necessary. The applicant or the applicant's representative must be sure that the facility orders the PAS. New Jersey has an unwritten rule that the examination will take place within 30 days from the date the PAS is ordered. How does Medicaide know that the information I am providing is complete? Medicaide has a computer match with the I.R. S. Medicaide will receive information concerning 1099's sent by all financial institutions. How long does it take to process a Medicaide Application? The length of time necessary to process a Medicaide Application varies from county to county and is dependent on the nature of the financial data being submitted. In some counties, an application can be approved within 45 - 60 day. In other counties, it takes 6 months to a year. In special situations, the application has to be approved in Trenton and this can take 18 months or longer. Who pays the nursing home while the Medicaide Application is pending? At the time of the Medicaide Application, Medicaide will inform the applicant of the applicant's monthly share of cost. The applicant must pay this share to the facility while the application is pending. When the application is approved, Medicaide will pay the nursing home retroactively to the date of eligibility. Is the Medicaide Application process time consuming? Medicaide demands proof of every financial transaction for 3 years prior to the application and in some instances Medicaide goes back for 5 years. Accurate records should be gathered and a complete Medicaide application furnished to the Board of Social Services to make processing simpler. If records are inaccurate or incomplete or if a Medicaide application package is in disarray, the Medicaide Agency will continue to insist on additional information and the application will be delayed inordinantly. Submission of a complete Medicaide Application requires many hours of time. It is estimated that a professional assembling a Medicaide Application spends approximately 20 hours assembling and organizing the information. A person unfamiliar with the process will spend many times that amount of time. Is the cost of paying a professional such as a law firm to prepare and file a Medicaide Application a legitimate spend down for Medicaide eligibility purposes? Yes. The cost of professional assistance in preparing and filing a Medicaide Application is paid by the Medicaide applicant as part of the spend down process. |
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