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
- Use quotes to search for an exact phrase
- 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 (400 decisions published as of 02/21/25)
- 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
- MPA 214372 (11/15/2024) Genetic testing not medically necessary
- MDV 214223 (11/27/2024) Old irr. trust divestment imposed after renewal, benefits not continued pending appeal
- MDV 214942 (11/20/2024) Undue hardship waiver and divestment appeal deadlines missed, a cautionary tale
- MDV 214870 (11/19/2024) $275,000 lost to scam was not a divestment, enrollment backdated
- MGE 215065 (11/01/2024) CDs intended for burial transportation not exempt
- MGE 214773 (11/01/2024) Application denied for failure to verify bank withdrawals
- MGE 215261 (10/21/2024) Loss of MAPP moved petitioner from Waivers Group A to Group B with a cost share
- FCP 212977 (05/13/2024) No basis for MCO to reduce transportation service to save $38/mo.
- FCP 212237 (05/09/2024) MCO incorrectly denied ramp or lift needed to enter and exit home
- SSO 211439 (04/02/2024) Overpayment date of discovery was date of the notice
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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 +