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In North Carolina can medicaid take a person's home after she dies if she has received medicaid benefits in nursing home?
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Medicaid will file a lien on the person's home, which is enforceable when the home is sold. They will also file an estate claim.
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Do you have to pay back taxes if you live in a nursing home on Medicaid?
Medicaid/nursing home status does not excuse one from paying taxes.
What if you need To be in a nursing home but you make too much to qualify for medicaid but not enough to pay for the nursing home?
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.
What are the advantages of Medicaid?
Some advantages of Medicaid are that it pays for long term care services in nursing facilities
Can you get assistance moving a parent from nursing home with medicare and medicaid?
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.
Is the surviving spouse responsible for paying nursing home bills owed before becoming eligible for medicaid in Virginia?
No, settling up with the nursing home(s) is not an eligibility factor for Medicaid.
How does Uniform Transfers to Minors Act apply to medicaid?
Medicaid will examine any and all transfers of assets that occurred within 60 months prior to entry into a nursing home to determine whether the client received fair market value for the transfer. (For Medicaid clients living in the community, transfers do not affect eligibility.)
When will Medicaid pay for care in nursing homes?
One does not need to be elderly in order to have Medicaid pay for your care in nursing homes. As long as one has been proved to be medically necessary, then one is qualified.
Does Medicaid count a credit card as income if you are in a nursing home?
No it is not income.
What benefits are derived from home nursing?
nursing care and belives
What happens if you gift a home to someone then apply for medicaid nursing home?
If you gift a home to someone and then apply for Medicaid nursing home benefits, it may be considered a transfer of assets for less than fair market value. This could result in a penalty period where you are not eligible for Medicaid benefits for a certain period of time. The length of the penalty period will depend on the value of the gift and the average monthly cost of nursing home care in your state. It is important to consult with an elder law attorney or Medicaid planning professional before making any gift or asset transfers.
What funding is available for nursing home care not covered under Medicaid?
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.
What happens to the funds acculmulated over a period of time of a Nursing Home Resident who received Social Security benefits but has since died?
Nursing Home resident has accumulated a large sum of money in her account, from which social security benefits were received. Resident has since died, the family was told that the funds will be returned to Social Security. Why? Should these funds not be transferred to the individuals Estate?
