Navigating Medical Assistance includes the following information and can be viewed by clicking on each part.
Class Materials:
Medical Assistance Overview (pdf)
Navigating Medical Assistance
Part 1 video: Community medical assistance overview
Introduction by Karen Winkowski, manager, Harford County Office on Aging
Presentation by Angela Weber, supervisor, Family Investment Long-Term Care Unit, UM Upper Chesapeake Health
- Community medical assistance income limits
- Long-term care
- Asset limit for long-term care
Part 2 video: Long-term care
Presentation by Alex Pearson, long-term case worker, UM Upper Chesapeake Health
- Documents needed for long-term care
- Is the community home an asset
- Can spouse, disabled child or caregiver continue to live in the community home
- How life insurance affects long-term care eligibility
- Can life insurance be signed over to a funeral home?
Part 3 video: Considering the spouse
Presentation by Nicole Wielepski, UM Upper Chesapeake Health
- Spousal impoverishment
- Examples of eligibility for long-term care medical assistance
- Spouse’s income
- Shelter expenses
- Spousal allowances
- Trusts
- Assignment of support rights
Part 4 video: A family investment
Presented by Angela Weber, supervisor, Family Investment Long-Term Care Unit, UM Upper Chesapeake Health
- Transfer of assets for less than fair market value
- Reminders and side notes
- Conclusion and contact information with Karen Winkowski