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

Medicaid Estate Recovery in Arizona: when someone dies

A 5-step process for Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) — Estate Recovery after a death in Arizona.

OverviewWhen someone dies

Medicaid Recovery

Arizona

epm.azahcccs.gov/epmplus/Policy/Chapter_1900_Estate_Recovery/1901_Estate_Recovery_Claims/A_Estate_Recovery_Program_Overview.htm→

Administering agency

Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) — Estate Recovery

Phone602-417-4000
WebsiteVisit website →

Authority

A.R.S. § 36-2935; Ariz. Admin. Code R9-22-1006, R9-28-901, R9-28-912; 42 U.S.C. 1396p

Verified May 2026

Steps to take

  1. Determine whether the deceased received ALTCS long-term care benefits at age 55 or older.
  2. Identify which assets pass through probate or a small-estate affidavit, since recovery reaches only the probate estate.
  3. Contact AHCCCS to confirm whether an estate recovery claim applies and request the claim amount.
  4. Address the claim as a debt of the estate before distributing assets to heirs.
  5. Request a waiver in writing — with supporting financial information — if a statutory exemption applies or recovery would cause an heir undue hardship.

Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) — Estate Recovery

Phone: 602-417-4000

Visit the agency website →

Frequently asked questions

No. AHCCCS estate recovery in Arizona applies to Arizona Long Term Care System (ALTCS) services — nursing home and home- and community-based care — received at age 55 or older. Costs for benefits received before age 55 are not included in the claim.

Recovery reaches only assets in the recipient's probate estate, including property handled through a small-estate affidavit. Property held in joint tenancy with right of survivorship, real estate transferred by beneficiary deed, and accounts with a named beneficiary generally pass outside the claim.

Medicaid Recovery

Arizona

epm.azahcccs.gov/epmplus/Policy/Chapter_1900_Estate_Recovery/1901_Estate_Recovery_Claims/A_Estate_Recovery_Program_Overview.htm→

Administering agency

Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) — Estate Recovery

Phone602-417-4000
WebsiteVisit website →

Authority

A.R.S. § 36-2935; Ariz. Admin. Code R9-22-1006, R9-28-901, R9-28-912; 42 U.S.C. 1396p

Verified May 2026