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Medicaid Estate Recovery in Missouri

Missouri Medicaid is called MO HealthNet, administered by the Department of Social Services. After a participant dies, the MO HealthNet Division recovers the cost of benefits from the estate. An open estate cannot be closed for a participant until MO HealthNet issues a release of its estate recovery claim.

OverviewWhen someone dies

Medicaid Recovery

Missouri

mydss.mo.gov/mhd/cost-recovery→

Administering agency

MO HealthNet Division — Estate Recovery (Cost Recovery Unit)

Phone573-751-2005
WebsiteVisit website →

Authority

Mo. Rev. Stat. 473.398, 208.215

Verified Jul 2026

Medicaid Estate Recovery in Missouri: key facts

Who is subject
Estates of MO HealthNet participants. The state does not seek repayment for benefits received before the participant was age 55, and a TEFRA lien may be placed on the home of a participant age 55 or older in long-term nursing facility care.
Recovery scope
The cost of MO HealthNet benefits, recovered from estate assets such as homes, savings, and retirement accounts, plus remaining personal-funds and surplus burial-plan balances at the facility.
Recovery deferred
MO HealthNet will not pursue estate recovery while there is a surviving spouse, a surviving child under age 21, or a surviving child of any age who is blind or disabled.
Release before closing
An estate may not be closed for a deceased MO HealthNet participant until the MO HealthNet Division issues a release of its estate recovery claim (Mo. Rev. Stat. 473.398).

Governing law: Mo. Rev. Stat. 473.398, 208.215

Frequently asked questions

MO HealthNet will not pursue estate recovery while there is a surviving spouse, a surviving child under age 21, or a surviving child of any age who is blind or disabled. The state also does not recover benefits received before the participant was age 55.

When someone dies

Steps after a death in Missouri

5-step process for MO HealthNet Division — Estate Recovery (Cost Recovery Unit).

View details →
SimplyTrustSimplyTrust Editorial·Updated July 14, 2026

Sources

  • revisor.mo.gov
  • dss.mo.gov
  • mydss.mo.gov

Data sourced from Medicaid Estate Recovery in Missouri primary sources (4 pages reviewed). How we research.

Medicaid Recovery

Missouri

mydss.mo.gov/mhd/cost-recovery→

Administering agency

MO HealthNet Division — Estate Recovery (Cost Recovery Unit)

Phone573-751-2005
WebsiteVisit website →

Authority

Mo. Rev. Stat. 473.398, 208.215

Verified Jul 2026
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