2.4 Medical Assistance for Long-Term Care Services

Medical Assistance for Long-Term Care Services (MA-LTC) eligibility is available for people who are eligible for MA and meet specific eligibility requirements.

LTC services include:

• Skilled nursing facility (SNF) services
• Nursing facility services in an inpatient medical hospital
• Intermediate care facility for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (ICF/DD) services
• Services covered by home and community-based service waivers (Brain Injury (BI), Community Alternative Care (CAC), Community Access Disability Inclusion (CADI), Developmental Disability (DD), and Elderly Waiver (EW))

This chapter includes policies that apply to MA-LTC and links to relevant MA and Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP) policies.

1. MA-LTC Eligibility Requirements
   1. MA-LTC Long-Term Care Consultation
   2. MA-LTC Long-Term Care Home Equity
   3. MA-LTC Uncompensated Transfers
      1. MA-LTC Lookback Period and Transfer Date
      2. MA-LTC Transfer Penalty
      3. MA-LTC Transfer Penalty Exceptions and Hardship Waiver
      4. MA-LTC Other Asset Transfer Consideration
      1. MA-LTC Annuity Disclosures
      2. MA-LTC Naming DHS a Preferred Remainder Beneficiary
      1. MA-LTC Asset Assessment
         1. MA-LTC Community Spouse Asset Allowance
         2. MA-LTC Asset Eligibility for the Long-Term Care Spouse
         1. MA-LTC HCBS Waivers for People with Disabilities
         2. MA-LTC HCBS for People Age 65 or Older (Elderly Waiver)
         1. MA-LTC Income Calculation Deductions

         Published: June 1, 2016

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