Medicaid Estate Recovery in Idaho

Medicaid Estate Recovery in Idaho: key facts

Recovery scope

Medicaid medical assistance paid on the recipient's behalf, including long-term and in-home care, hospital and prescription services, and capitation payments to contracted health plans.

Who is subject

Recipients age 55 or older when assistance was received; recipients who were permanently institutionalized at any age.

Recovery deferred

No recovery occurs until after the death of both the recipient and the spouse, and none while there is a surviving child under 21 or a child who is blind or permanently and totally disabled.

Hardship waiver

The director establishes undue-hardship waivers, including where the estate is income-producing property that provides the primary support for surviving family members or where recovery would leave heirs needing public assistance.

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