This database is currently sponsored by the Wisconsin chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. I thank them for their support!
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- Searches the full text of all decisions on this site
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- Use “NOT” to search for results that exclude a word or phrase
- Currently covers all decisions from 2020 to date, plus select decisions going back to 2000; I am continually adding more (424 decisions published as of 04/18/25)
- Only decisions relevant or useful to elder law attorneys are included
- Have a decision that should be published? Email it to ben@bswright.com (or click here to upload as many decisions as you want in one go)
Introduction: How to Research and Use Fair Hearing Decisions
Recently Published
- BCS 215656 (12/27/2024) Notices re verification and disenrollment were defective
- MRA 215653 (12/20/2024) CSIA increased for high housing costs, phone, car insurance
- BCS 215161 (12/18/2024) Unsigned tax return, aggregated income report were insufficient verification of self-employment income
- MGE 215203 (12/12/2024) Wife mistakenly spent down her own account at renewal
- CWA 215956 (02/28/2025) IRIS agency biased against provider, erred in denying budget amendment
- FCP 215902 (02/19/2025) Burial trust with more than $4,500 was countable, caused gap in benefits
- CWA 215403 (02/05/2025) AFH rate increase for housing costs denied
- MGE 215845 (02/17/2025) Petitioner missed appeal deadline while waiting for disability determination
- MSC 215557 (02/24/2025) SeniorCare glitch caused additional deductible for reporting income reduction
- FCP 167655 (03/21/2016) Family Care benefits cannot be backdated
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Decisions by Issue
Note: This outline is loosely based on the Medicaid Eligibility Handbook and will be tweaked as this database matures. For now, many entries will have no related fair hearing decisions.
1 / Applications and Renewals +
2 / Nonfinancial Eligibility +
3.4 / Spousal impoverishment +