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- Currently covers all decisions from 2020 to date, plus select decisions going back to 2000; I am continually adding more (364 decisions published as of 11/20/24)
- Only decisions relevant or useful to elder law attorneys are included
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Introduction: How to Research and Use Fair Hearing Decisions
Recently Published
- MKB 213619 (08/12/2024) Child not disabled, no marked or severe limitations
- CWA 213277 (09/27/2024) IRIS terminated for mismanagement of employer authority
- FCP 213572 (09/24/2024) Recreational activities ended after move to AFH, duplicative
- BCS 213610 (09/23/2024) Self-employment income determined by anticipated earnings, not tax return, due to change in circumstances
- FCP 213852 (09/12/2024) No backdating when petitioner mistakenly applied for Institutional MA
- MRA 213308 (07/31/2024) Community Waivers Group A cannot use spousal impoverishment rules
- CWA 213191 (07/15/2024) CSIA lost when petitioner moved to Group A
- CWA 213089 (07/02/2024) Substantiated fraud allowed DHS to deny IRIS applications
- MDV 177535 (02/09/2017) 100+ small gifts over four years not made with intent to qualify
- MDV 190237 (12/13/2018) Cash gifts to family one month before admission were divestments, but older gifts were not
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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 +