UpdatedMedicare Advantage Flex Cards

Medicare Advantage, or a Part C plan, is a plan members can purchase that provides their original Medicare benefits, covers co-pays, and possibly provide other benefits. Some Medicare Advantage plans provide a flexible spending card. Money is deposited onto the card each month and the member can use it to meet a variety of needs, […]

Lump Sums

Provide Policy Interpretations regarding ABD Cases and Lump Sums

Absence from the Home: Temporary vs Permanent

Determining whether an absence is temporary or permanent.

Resource – Vehicles

Policy and examples regarding vehicles as a resource.

Tuberculosis (TB) Cases

317:35-5-4.(4) 317:35-5-47 317:35-7-60(a)(5) 317:35-7-44   The TB program is intended to cover treatment for the condition. It does not provide full SoonerCare coverage. If applicant wants full SoonerCare but is not age 65 or older, s/he will need to apply with Social Security to get a disability decision. What is needed to determine eligibility Verification […]

UpdatedSpecial Needs Trust

What a special needs trust is, the criteria that must be met to be a special needs trust, what can be done with the money, what happens when the beneficiary dies, what are a worker’s responsibilities in regard to a special needs trust

Home Property Exemption and Adjacent Properties

317:35-5-41.1 (b) The home exemption goes to the primary residence. That extension also covers adjacent properties. “Adjacent” is defined as the property lines touch even if there is an easement, road, creek or anything similar that separates the properties. Examples of adjacent properties shown here. The adjacent properties in addition to the home property; are […]