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Home→Agencies→Medicaid Estate Recovery→Alaska→When someone dies

Medicaid Estate Recovery in Alaska: when someone dies

A 4-step process for Alaska Department of Health — Division of Public Assistance after a death in Alaska.

OverviewWhen someone dies

Medicaid Recovery

Alaska

health.alaska.gov/en/division-of-public-assistance→

Administering agency

Alaska Department of Health — Division of Public Assistance

Phone1-800-478-7778
WebsiteVisit website →

Authority

Alaska Stat. 47.07.055

Verified May 2026

Steps to take

  1. Determine whether the deceased received Medicaid long-term care services — nursing facility, other medical institution, or home- and community-based waiver care — at age 55 or older.
  2. Contact the Division of Public Assistance to confirm whether a recovery claim applies and request the amount.
  3. Address any valid claim as a debt of the estate before distributing assets to heirs.
  4. Notify the Department of Health if an heir may qualify for an undue-hardship waiver; the Department determines whether the estate qualifies for a full or partial waiver.

Alaska Department of Health — Division of Public Assistance

Phone: 1-800-478-7778

Visit the agency website →

Frequently asked questions

A claim may be made only after the death of the recipient's surviving spouse, and only when there is no surviving child under age 21 and no surviving child who is blind or totally and permanently disabled.

Medicaid Recovery

Alaska

health.alaska.gov/en/division-of-public-assistance→

Administering agency

Alaska Department of Health — Division of Public Assistance

Phone1-800-478-7778
WebsiteVisit website →

Authority

Alaska Stat. 47.07.055

Verified May 2026