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Long Term Care insurance.ANSWER:Nursing home may be covered by medicaid but you have to pass some eligibility criteria, in addition, the nursing home facility should be certified by the government to provide service to medicaid recipients. Unless you have long term care insurance, you cannot choose which nursing home you want to be taken cared of.
As long as you meet the non-financial factors of eligibility for Medicaid, the State will expect you to apply your "excess" income/assets to your nursing/medical care and the Medicaid will pick up the remainder of the medical/nursing bills.
No, Medicaid typically covers the cost of medical care and prescriptions. Hospital care, or nursing care at home would be included, but not rent, mortgage or utilities.
Medicaid/nursing home status does not excuse one from paying taxes.
Check with Medicaid, but in Oklahoma I believe you can pay a relative all assets for caregiving to qualify for medicaid
A nursing home may be certified by Medicare or Medicaid
An elderly or disabled person who needs nursing home level of care and can't afford it should apply for Medicaid. There are programs to provide in-home services (but not round-the-clock care) for such persons.
In general, the Medicaid rate for nursing home care is intended to include all necessary services, including wheelchairs. Exceptions may be made for persons who need customized and/or motorized chairs.
The penalty is loss of nursing home coverage for the number of months that the amount improperly transferred would have paid for nursing home care at the private pay rate.
hospital care, both inpatient and outpatient nursing home care physician services
Some nursing home cares are covered under Medicaid and Medicare. These are usually called labelled "Skilled Nursing Facility' in the United States. Each state has it's own licenses, standards, and procedures. For more information on home care, it would be best to examine each state and facility. Not all facilities must opt into Medicaid and Medicare.
Depending on other assets your mother has, if any, Medicaid might require her to apply some or all of the inheritance toward her medical care, including the nursing home. Therefore, she might lose her Medicaid coverage temporarily, by going into "spend down." She should not have to re-apply and/or re-establish her Medicaid eligibility.