KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Managed Long Term Care - Fact Sheets, Live and Recorded Webinars

A.  Fact Sheets on Managed Long Term Care

B.   Click here for WEBINARS on LONG TERM CAR

A.  Fact Sheets on Managed Long Term Care

BASICS

  1. Basics on Managed Long Term Care  (In process of being updated - 2-2020)  see also  Article on Managed Long Term Care

  2. FACT SHEET ON Medicaid eligibility rules for Aged 65+, Disabled and Blind Individuals in New York State and basics of MLTC enrollment 

  3.  What is MLTC?  (from ICAN Ombuds program- link to read online or download brochures in 9 languages

  4.  See  info here about 2022 webinars on Medicaid eligibility for community-based care  and 2023 changes

Fact Sheets About Enrolling in MLTC Plans - and Alternative Path to Obtaining Home Care thru Immediate Need

  1. How Do I Join MLTC?  (from ICAN program - link to read online or download brochures  in 9 languages)

  2. Troubleshooting Problems Enrolling in MLTC Plans - Tips for Solving Medicaid Spend-down Problems and Barriers that Block Enrollment - including NURSING HOME DISCHARGES 

  3. Applying for Personal Care or CDPAP based on IMMEDIATE NEED - alternative fast-track path to accessing Medicaid home care  - with key forms (NYC).   (Fact sheet being updated - this is link to article)

Fact Sheets on Navigating MLTC - Including Appeals

  1. Grievance and Appeal Rights in Managed Long Term Care  - new Requirement to Request Plan Appeal Before a Fair Hearing   -- see more here - Article on Appeal Rights in Managed Long Term Care

  2. Your Rights as an MLTC Member 

  3. Tips on Requesting Services from a Medicaid Managed Care or MLTC plan, including Increases in Hours of Home Care  (RUSSIAN TRANSLATION  NEW August 2021)

  4. Special Rights to Expedited Increases in Home Care for Homebound Appellants in Fair Hearing Process - Varshavsky class action

Fact Sheets with Special Strategies about Reducing the Medicaid Spend-down 
  1. Fact Sheet with Tips to Reduce Spenddown - For people temporarily in a nursing home and in other situations:

    1.  Temporary Nursing Home Stay - Right to keep income to pay rent - "Community  Budgeting" - see also these separate fact sheets:

    2.  Special Income Disregard for Housing Expenses for People Leaving a Nursing Home or Adult Home and enrolling in or staying enrolled in an MLTC planFACT SHEET and see more here 

    3. Spousal Impoverishment protections - for couples where one spouse is in an MLTC plan, a nursing home, or receiving "Immediate Need" services, and the other is not receiving any of these services.  FACT SHEET and  See more here

  2.  Fact Sheet on Pooled Income Trusts to Eliminate the Medicaid Spend-down and Step-by-step guide to enrolling in a pooled income trust for Medicaid spend-down

B.  RECORDED WEBINARS ON MLTC  and Long Term Care -

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/1348252302283983105 (2.25 hours)

PowerPoint: http://www.wnylc.com/health/download/474/ (April 2014)

Appendix: http://www.wnylc.com/health/download/473/ 

NOTE:  An updated Powerpoint - January 2015 is available here and April 2015 powerpoint here)



Article ID: 202
Last updated: 23 May, 2023
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