In such a case, Medicaid will pick up the Medicare premiums and the deductibles and co-payments for Medicare-approved medical items and services.
Added: Um-m-m . . . beneficiary of WHAT? An inherlitance? A lawsuit? What?
Beneficiary
recipient, receiver, payee, heir, inheritor
The likely word is the noun beneficiary (recipient, or heir).
Medicaid is a State-run program for indigent persons who meet certain other factors of eligibility; it is not based on employment. You might be thinking of Medicare, which does require an employment history (by either the beneficiary or the beneficiary's spouse).
Inheritor(beneficiary, heir, legatee, recipient, successor)
Medicaid may file a claim against the estate of the deceased recipient, including any real property.
Certainly altho I see no benefit for a Medicaid recipient. The HMO would be the primary insurer and Medicare secondary. Medicaid is always the payor of last resort. However, there shouldn't be any expenses for Medicare or Medicaid to pay.
Medicaid can file a property lien and/or estate claim to recover expenses from the assets of the deceased recipient.
Yes.
When the recipient, the spouse of a recipient who is in a nursing home, and/or the recipient's disabled adult child, is living there. However, even in such cases, the State will file a lien on the property and an estate claim to recover the cost of care.
There is no provision in Medicaid for assistance in moving a recipient from one residence (such as nursing home) to another. I suspect the same is true for Medicare.
The "A" at the end of the Medicare number means that the SSN number on the card is that of the recipient/beneficiary.