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Medicaid: Jointly Owned Property
By: Patrick M. Simasko, Attorney at Law. Shelby Township, Michigan. In Michigan, if you are attempting to obtain medicaid benefits for your nursing home stay, you must be aware of a recent law change. Historically, Michigan treated real estate and stocks that you own jointly with a person other than your spouse as being an unavailable asset. The theory was that it takes all signatures to sell the property or the stock and since the Department of Human Services “DHS” cannot force the joint owner to sell their interest in the property it is unavailable. This Michigan Medicaid law has been changed effective April 1, 2011. The DHS will treat your interest in the joint property or stock as a countable asset.
Auditor General Finds High Eligibility Error Rates At D.H.S.
By: Benjamin A. Schock, Attorney at Law Despite implementation of a process to catch errors, a high eligibility error rate for certain assistance programs at the Department of Human Services (DHS) led the Auditor General to maintain that a material condition still exists, according to a follow-up report issued Thursday by Auditor General Thomas McTavish. In 2008, the initial report found a material condition and made two recommendations regarding the client eligibility oversight, error identification and error prevention processes for some public assistance programs at DHS. The specific programs that were audited included the Family Independence Program (FIP), Child Development and Care Program (CDC) and the Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid).
