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No. There are some exceptions for Medicaid recovery. These include having a spouse or a dependent, disabled child that lives in the house, having a home business (e.g. farm) where loss of the home would create a hardship, or if an heir was a full-time caregiver for at least two years before someone entered a NH. Their caregiving had to be so that it made it possible for the person to stay out of the NH.
Everyone that has a house and a will typically leaves the house to someone. This would have no bearing for Medicaid recovery. The state would put a lien on the house, so that it would have to be paid by the heir or through sale unless there is a verifiable exception.
No. To transfer a home of a deceased, it would be done as per the will by the executor to the heir as however probate (OR small estate affadavit OR muniment of title) is done in your state. But as a part of the probate process, any claims or liens against the estate must be settled or released in order for a transfer to be legally done. Medicaid via MERP can place a claim or a lien on the estate which has the house as an asset of the estate. There could be other claims or liens against the estate as well (funeral cost, property maintenance, etc).
MERP has pretty exacting terms to which it runs and how exemptions & exclusions are handled. As JessieBelle said there are caregiver exemptions. There are all sorts of others as well. Also the program is required to meet a cost efficiency /cost benefit analysis for a claim or lien to be done. It is up to heirs to do whatever to get exemptions, exclusions done as well as whatever claims they may have against the estate filed & into probate. Probate rules are very much state dependent. Probate does provide for ways to settle claims if the estate is a negative for asset / debt.
Whomever is the executor is the person who would be the point person on all this. Is that you?
If you don't do probate, what seems to happen is that a lien by default is placed on the property. It cannot be legally transferred or sold ever till that lien is lifted. The lien will be for the entire amount & can have interest placed too. If a lien is placed, it's probably really hard to negotiate the amount.
If the property is higher value ( say 400k) and Medicaid costs were 100k, then when the house is sold medicaid gets its 100k and heir gets the rest. Higher value property is pretty simple to settle. Low value property actually is more complex to deal as the cost benefit analysis comes up & this often subjective.
By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington.
Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights.
APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
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I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information").
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APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink.
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If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records.
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This E-Sign Acknowledgement and Authorization applies to these Disclosures and all future Disclosures related to APFM's services, unless I revoke my authorization. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time (except where we have already disclosed information before receiving your revocation.) This authorization will expire after one year.
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You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
Everyone that has a house and a will typically leaves the house to someone. This would have no bearing for Medicaid recovery. The state would put a lien on the house, so that it would have to be paid by the heir or through sale unless there is a verifiable exception.
MERP has pretty exacting terms to which it runs and how exemptions & exclusions are handled. As JessieBelle said there are caregiver exemptions. There are all sorts of others as well. Also the program is required to meet a cost efficiency /cost benefit analysis for a claim or lien to be done. It is up to heirs to
do whatever to get exemptions, exclusions done as well as whatever claims they may have against the estate filed & into probate. Probate rules are very much state dependent. Probate does provide for ways to settle claims if the estate is a negative for asset / debt.
Whomever is the executor is the person who would be the point person on all this. Is that you?
If you don't do probate, what seems to happen is that a lien by default is placed on the property. It cannot be legally transferred or sold ever till that lien is lifted. The lien will be for the entire amount & can have interest placed too. If a lien is placed, it's probably really hard to negotiate the amount.
If the property is higher value ( say 400k) and Medicaid costs were 100k, then when the house is sold medicaid gets its 100k and heir gets the rest. Higher value property is pretty simple to settle. Low value property actually is more complex to deal as the cost benefit analysis comes up & this often subjective.