DHA Case No. CWA 198542 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals July 21, 2020) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF The IRIS program can pay for home modifications that address “disability related long-term care needs that increase self-reliance and independence, or ensure safe, accessible means of ingress/egress to a participant’s living quarters, or otherwise provide safe access […] Read more

DHA Case No. CWA 205245 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals September 12, 2022) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF IRIS participants may hire their own workers to provide supportive home care (SHC). The participant is responsible for negotiating “reasonable and customary rates” with providers. In this case, the petitioner asked to increase her worker’s hourly rate […] Read more

DHA Case No. MGE 209688 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals October 19, 2023) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF A recipient of IRIS must usually pay a cost share after deducting a basic needs allowance, a special housing amount, health insurance premiums, and certain out-of-pocket medical/remedial expenses. In this case, the petitioner had fairly high income […] Read more

DHA Case No. CWA 209455 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals October 2, 2023) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF An individual is functionally eligible for IRIS if he or she needs a “nursing home” level of care, as determined by the functional screen. In this case, the two most recent functional screens found the petitioner needed […] Read more

DHA Case No. CWK 209490 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals September 15, 2023) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF The CLTS program can cover “Health and Wellness” services to maintain or improve the health, well being, socialization, or inclusion of the participant with family and peers in the community. But these services must not be duplicative […] Read more

DHA Case No. CWK 207740 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals June 9, 2023) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF One of the benefits of the Children’s Long-Term Support program is access to a Support and Service Coordinator (SSC); DHS’s Participant Rights and Responsibilities notice even says, “You have a right to meet with this person as […] Read more

DHA Case No. FCP 192893 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals November 5, 2019) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF An ALJ may issue a proposed decision asking the DHS Secretary to backdate enrollment in Family Care if the normal enrollment date was unnecessarily delayed by either the ADRC or Income Maintenance. In this case, both the […] Read more

DHA Case No. FCP 207387 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals March 30, 2023) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF An ALJ may issue a proposed decision asking the DHS Secretary to backdate enrollment in Family Care if the normal enrollment date was unnecessarily delayed by either the ADRC or Income Maintenance. In this case, both the […] Read more

DHA Case No. MGE 207256 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals April 12, 2023) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF Medicaid applicants are required to verify all countable assets. In this case, the petitioner’s application for MA noted that her spouse sold shares of stock in June and July of 2022. She failed to provide verification of […] Read more

DHA Case No. FCP 206978 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals April 7, 2023) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF In the Family Care program, the MCO must develop an Individual Service Plan (ISP) that reasonably and effectively addresses the enrollee’s long-term care needs and outcomes and is cost-effective. In this case, Community Care ended the petitioner’s […] Read more

DHA Case No. CWA 207243 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals May 19, 2023) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF The Department must ensure the health and safety of IRIS participants. The IRIS policy manual allows involuntary disenrollment for “health and safety risks that participants are unable or unwilling to resolve.” In this case, the petitioner’s mother […] Read more

DHA Case No. FCP 206782 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals January 11, 2023) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF To be functionally eligible for Family Care, a person must fall into one of the program’s target groups in addition to needing a nursing home level of care. In this case, the petitioner needed help with one […] Read more

DHA Case No. FCP 206604 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals January 5, 2023) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF Family Care members in Group A (due to eligibility for MAPP, for example) do not have a cost share. In this complex case, the petitioner lost MAPP eligibility when her child turned 18 and her fiscal test […] Read more

DHA Case No. CWA 206737 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals January 18, 2023) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF The IRIS Policy Manual allows involuntary disenrollment for “mismanagement of employer authority.” In this case, the petitioner’s son and approved personal care worker became incarcerated; then the petitioner’s grandson, who had the same name, took over care […] Read more