Medicaid program COVID-19 easements

APPENDIX distributed at webinar of Jan. 18, 2023 - UPDATED after webinar with UPDATED HRA Chart of Medicaid Income Levels and UPDATED HRA form MAP-3190 (1/10/23). See further updates of that chart posted at http://health.wnylc.com/health/entry/15/. (Will be updated soon when NYS DOH issues a GIS implemented the 2023 FPL levels. Meanwhile, the 2023 Medicaid levels announced to date were based on the 2022 FPLs.

HRA Medicaid Alert announcing the increases in income and asset eligibility for Age 65+, Disabled & Blind recipients starting Jan. 2023. NYLAG has swapped in HRA's iupdated form MAP-3190 form (rev. 1-10-23) that will be mailed to everyone with a spend-down starting Jan. 30, 2023. The form can be completed and returned to HRA to request a decreease in the spend-down. See more at http://www.wnylc.com/health/news/90/#II.%20Timing

NYC HRA MAPDR-01 (updated 1-25-2023) -- 2023 NYS Income and Resource Standards revised. NOte these use 2022 Federal Poverty Levels. Will be updated again once NYS DOH issues levels based on 2023 FPL

Excel template that can be used to calculate Medicaid non-MAGI eligibility under the increased 2023 levels - see http://health.wnylc.com/health/news/90/. Template uses 2023 Federal Poverty Limits - that have not yet been announced by NYS DOH as of 1/25/23. NYS guidance as of 1/25/23 uses 2022 FPLS. These budgets are to be used by advocates as a tool to estimate spend-down and eligiblity to counsel consumers as the Public Health Emergency unwinding begins. See http://health.wnylc.com/health/news/86/#unwinding. Template has different tabs for different types of budgeting schemes. -- See list of these at http://health.wnylc.com/health/entry/222/.

NYC HRA MAPDR-01 (updated 1-25-2023) -- 2023 NYS Income and Resource Standards revised. NOte these use 2022 Federal Poverty Levels. Will be updated again once NYS DOH issues levels based on 2023 FPL

Income and Resource levels for Medicaid and other public health programs in NYS for 2001 - 2022. Includes Medicare Savings Programs, Family Health Plus, Child Health Plus, Spousal Impoverishment levels, MBI-WPD, etc.

Training provides framework for understanding the changes to Medicaid effective 2014, including: new categories, new income levels, new budgeting and new benefits.

Training Outline for Advocates on Supplemental Needs Trusts (SNTs) (individual and pooled), and the effect of SNTs on various public benefit programs (updated 8/8/2022). Updated sections include Temporary/Public cash assistance, SNAP, ABLE accounts, Public Housing and Section 8, changes in procedures for submitting pooled trusts in NYC. Also heads up about 2023 increases in Medicaid income and asset limits and update about the 30-month community based lookback).

NYC Medicaid office moved from 330 West 34th Street to 785 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11238 in May 2013. Contact numbers at that office listed in this document.