Medicaid will pay as long as she remains “at need” both medically and financially. There will be some sort of annual renewal done. Just how is dependent on how your State runs their LTC Medicaid. The medical aspects the NH does; financials the POA or family does.
for TX, it was a 4-5 page document & required some of the same documents submitted initially and then that months bank statementand 3 months prior and the most current “awards letters” from SSA & other retirements. If your mom kept her home & a car, the most current tax assessor / tax bill. Some states are moving to on-line renewals & you just scan over the info.
My LO has been in a nursing home on Medicaid for years now. The most difficult part was the initial application for Medicaid because the person has to qualify both medically (to be in a nursing home in the first place) and financially (since Medicaid is a needs-based program). Beyond the initial application, it just gets renewed every year - unless something significant has changed about the person's situation. Someone needs to be keeping track of the person's finances and paperwork because it may be requested at any time to confirm eligibility.
Medicare is very different from Medicaid when it comes to long term care. Your question makes it sound like you're using those terms interchangeably, but they are not the same thing.
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for TX, it was a 4-5 page document & required some of the same documents submitted initially and then that months bank statementand 3 months prior and the most current “awards letters” from SSA & other retirements. If your mom kept her home & a car, the most current tax assessor / tax bill. Some states are moving to on-line renewals & you just scan over the info.
Medicare is very different from Medicaid when it comes to long term care. Your question makes it sound like you're using those terms interchangeably, but they are not the same thing.
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