DHA Case No. MGE 157892 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals July 30, 2014) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF County agencies may not over-verify; they may only require the verification needed to determine eligibility. In this case, the agency requested verification of an old family trust that had been depleted and the value of a Wispact […] Read more
Tag: 3.2.5.5 Pooled trusts
DHA Case No. MGE 209474 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals January 5, 2024) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF To exempt funds in a pooled trust, an applicant for Medicaid must have a formal disability determination. In this case, the petitioner applied for community waivers Medicaid after establishing a pooled trust sub-account. Because he did not […] Read more
DHA Case No. MGE 160646 (Wis. Div. Hearings and Appeals January 9, 2015) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF This case involved two main issues: (1) the date the petitioner transferred ownership of a life insurance policy to her Wispact sub-account, and (2) the effect of a pending disability determination on retroactive eligibility. On the first issue, […] Read more