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

Medicaid Estate Recovery in Mississippi: when someone dies

A 4-step process for Mississippi Division of Medicaid — Estate Recovery after a death in Mississippi.

OverviewWhen someone dies

Medicaid Recovery

Mississippi

medicaid.ms.gov/medicaid-coverage/member-services/estate-recovery→

Administering agency

Mississippi Division of Medicaid — Estate Recovery

Phone800-421-2408
WebsiteVisit website →

Authority

Miss. Code § 43-13-317; 42 U.S.C. 1396p

Verified May 2026

Steps to take

  1. Determine whether the deceased received Medicaid for nursing facility, home- and community-based, or related hospital or prescription drug services at age 55 or older.
  2. Contact the Mississippi Division of Medicaid to confirm whether a recovery claim applies and request the amount.
  3. Address the claim as a debt of the estate, where the Division is noticed as a creditor under Miss. Code § 91-7-145, before distributing assets to heirs.
  4. Request a waiver if there is a surviving spouse, a surviving dependent under 21 or who is blind or disabled, or if applying the claim would work an undue hardship.

Mississippi Division of Medicaid — Estate Recovery

Phone: 800-421-2408

Visit the agency website →

Frequently asked questions

The claim is waived if there is a surviving spouse; if there is a surviving dependent who is under 21 or who is blind or disabled; or if the Division or a court determines that recovery would work an undue hardship under federal law and regulation.

The Division is noticed as an identified creditor against the estate of a deceased Medicaid recipient under Miss. Code § 91-7-145, so the claim is handled through the estate before assets pass to heirs.

Medicaid Recovery

Mississippi

medicaid.ms.gov/medicaid-coverage/member-services/estate-recovery→

Administering agency

Mississippi Division of Medicaid — Estate Recovery

Phone800-421-2408
WebsiteVisit website →

Authority

Miss. Code § 43-13-317; 42 U.S.C. 1396p

Verified May 2026