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Medical Applications & DDS Services

Last Updated February 23, 2023

Information regarding applications for medical related to DDS services

Subject: Aged, Blind, Disabled (ABD) Topics: Appendix C-1, buy-in, DDS, Developmental Disabilities Division, Home and Community Waiver Services, Income Eligibility, medical application, QI-1, QMBP, resource eligibility, SLMB, TEFRA

Updated$20 Rule and Case Examples

Last Updated October 21, 2026

Examples & coding regarding the General Income Exclusion

Subject: Aged, Blind, Disabled (ABD), Programs Topics: $20, ABD, Aged, Blind, buy-in, Deduction, Disabled, dollars, earned, exclusion, FACS, general, general income exclusion, GIE, Income, income exclusion, Individual, Low-Income, Medical, QI-1, QMBP, Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Plus, SLMB, Specified Low Income, SSP, standard, State Supplemental Payment block, twenty, unearned

End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Medicare

Last Updated August 21, 2025

What is ESRD Medicare and what assistance DHS can offer

Subject: Aged, Blind, Disabled (ABD) Topics: buy-in, Certify, cover, deny, disease, End, ESRD, Medicare, Part A, Part B, pay, premium, QI-1, QI1, Qualifying Individual, renal, SLMB, Specified Low Income Medicare Beneficiary, stage

Aged, Blind, Disabled (ABD)

Last Updated March 4, 2024

Policy Links Regarding ABD

Subject: AFS Policy Topics: ABD, Aged, Blind, Categorical Relationship, Certification, Countable Income, Disabled, Medical, QI-1, QMBP, redetermination, Resources, SLMB, SoonerCare, TEFRA

UpdatedProcess for Closing Medical (Death)

Last Updated October 7, 2026

Process for closing medical on reason of death.

Subject: Aged, Blind, Disabled (ABD), Programs Topics: ABD, Benefits, buy-in, close, Closure, Date of Death, Death, effective date, Medical, Medicare, QI-1, QMBP, Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Plus, Qualifying Individuals, SLMB, Specified Low Income Medicare Beneficiaries, SSP, State Supplemental Payment

BIL: Buy-In History Inquiry Transaction Codes

Last Updated January 11, 2019

List of transaction codes under “TRANS CODE” for BIL

Subject: Aged, Blind, Disabled (ABD), IMS Topics: BIL, BIL Screen, buy-in, Buy-In History Inquiry, Medicare, Medicare Savings Program, QI-1, QMBP, SLMB, Transaction Codes

BIL: Buy-In History Inquiry

Last Updated January 11, 2019

How to read the BIL screen to know what is happening with a buy-in benefit.

Subject: Aged, Blind, Disabled (ABD), IMS Topics: BIL, BIL Screen, buy-in, Buy-In History Inquiry, CMS, Medicaid Services, Medicare Part B, Medicare premium, Medicare Savings Program, Part A, QI-1, QMBP, SLMB

How to Certify QI-1

Last Updated August 12, 2026

QI-1 can be certified effective three months prior to the month of application, if all factors of eligibility were met all three months. For additional information regarding factors of eligibility for QI-1, refer to article ABD: Qualified Individuals – Group 1 (QI-1). If all factors of eligibility were NOT met prior to month of application, […]

Subject: Aged, Blind, Disabled (ABD), Programs Topics: 3, buy-in, Certify, Group 1, Income, Medicare, Medicare premium, one, QI-1, Qualified Individuals, Resources, three months

Appendix C-1

Last Updated June 8, 2021

Link to Appendix C-1

Subject: Aged, Blind, Disabled (ABD), Forms, Long Term Care (LTC), TANF Topics: Appendix C-1, Categorically Needy Standard, continued medical benefits, Income Eligibility, income standards, maximum resources, nursing home care, QI-1, QMBP, Refugee, Resources, SLMB, SSP, TANF

Income – Social Security COLA and Continued Eligibility

Last Updated December 12, 2018

When the annual COLA makes a client over income, the benefit can stay open till the new standards come out.

Subject: Aged, Blind, Disabled (ABD) Topics: ABD, Aged, Appendix C-1, Blind, COLA, cost of living adjustment, dependent, Disabled, income edit, income standards, over income, override, QI-1, QMBP, Retirement, RSDI, SLMB, Social Security Administration, Social Security disability, SSA, SSI