Medicaid Estate Recovery in Kansas

Medicaid Estate Recovery in Kansas: key facts

Recovery scope

The cost of all Medicaid medical assistance paid on the recipient's behalf after June 30, 1992. Recovery is taken from the recipient's "medical assistance estate," which includes property passing by joint tenancy, transfer-on-death deed, pay-on-death contract, life estate, trust, annuity, or life insurance.

Who is subject

Recipients age 55 or older when assistance was received; recipients who were permanently institutionalized (long-term institutional care or PACE) at any age. Recipients receiving only Medicare cost-sharing (QMB, LMB, QWD) are excluded.

Recovery deferred

A court claim is not filed while a surviving spouse is living, or while there is a surviving child under 21 or a blind or permanently and totally disabled child. A lien is not placed on the home while a spouse, a child under 21, a blind or disabled child, or a qualifying sibling resides there.

Undue hardship waiver

A recipient or family member may request a waiver. The Estate Recovery Unit considers factors such as the type of asset, the impact on survivors, and whether the asset is an income-producing family farm or business.

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