Long Term Care and Home and Community Alternatives in Medi-Cal

Long-term care cases involve some of the most complex issues in Medi-Cal eligibility. This workshop offers participants practice in budgeting and property evaluations for these difficult cases. As a result of this workshop, participants will learn how to determine eligibility for long-term care cases, establish property eligibility and correctly compute budgets with allocations to the at-home spouse and other family members.

Topics include:

  • Learning terms used in the processing of Long-Term Care cases
  • Exploring the level of care services provided in institutionalized settings
  • Discussing property types common to the Long-Term Care beneficiaries and rules for treatment of transfer and retained property
  • Learning principles for calculating the amount needed for maintenance of Long-Term Care beneficiaries
  • Reviewing applicable income regulations for the determination of share of cost in Long-Term Care Medi-Cal cases
  • Examining case examples for three separate types of family configuration
Course Code
507931