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What happens when a Medi Cal recipient dies?

What happens when a Medi Cal recipient dies?

After the Medi-Cal recipient dies, the state will send the heirs or survivors an “estate recovery claim” asking for payment for the amount of Medi-Cal benefits paid on behalf of the deceased individual. The state does not put a lien on the home and the state does not take away your home.

Is there a way to avoid recovery from Medi-Cal?

Under the old law, this means that the only way to avoid recovery was to have nothing left in the Medi-Cal recipient’s name at the time of death. For those who die on or after January 1, 2017, recovery is limited to those estates that are subject to probate under California law.

How to request Medi-Cal Expenses Subject to estate recovery?

Request for Medi-Cal Expenses Subject to Estate Recovery. Medi-Cal members or their authorized representative may submit a Request for Medi-Cal Expenses Subject to Estate Recovery, form DHCS 4017, once per calendar year for a five dollar ($5) processing fee if the current or former member meets either of the following descriptions:

How much money does California recover from Medi Cal?

In some cases, the state also can recover costs from Medi-Cal members under 55 who are patients in nursing homes. For fiscal year 2015-2016, California’s estate recovery program collected close to $70 million, says Tony Cava, spokesman for the state Department of Health Care Services, which administers Medi-Cal.

After the Medi-Cal recipient dies, the state will send the heirs or survivors an “estate recovery claim” asking for payment for the amount of Medi-Cal benefits paid on behalf of the deceased individual. The state does not put a lien on the home and the state does not take away your home.

Under the old law, this means that the only way to avoid recovery was to have nothing left in the Medi-Cal recipient’s name at the time of death. For those who die on or after January 1, 2017, recovery is limited to those estates that are subject to probate under California law.

Request for Medi-Cal Expenses Subject to Estate Recovery. Medi-Cal members or their authorized representative may submit a Request for Medi-Cal Expenses Subject to Estate Recovery, form DHCS 4017, once per calendar year for a five dollar ($5) processing fee if the current or former member meets either of the following descriptions:

Where does the money come from for Medi-Cal?

It came from Medi-Cal, the state’s version of the Medicaid program for low-income people, which was seeking repayment for her mother’s medical care even though she had used her coverage just once, for a routine wellness exam. (Her mother’s medical costs were primarily covered by Medicare, the federal program for seniors, Craig says.)