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

Medicaid Estate Recovery in Missouri: when someone dies

A 5-step process for MO HealthNet Division — Estate Recovery (Cost Recovery Unit) after a death in Missouri.

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 May 2026

Steps to take

  1. Determine whether the deceased was enrolled in MO HealthNet at the time of death.
  2. When opening the estate, complete the MO HealthNet Estate Notice form and submit it to the MO HealthNet Division.
  3. MO HealthNet responds indicating whether it will assert or waive an estate recovery claim and, if asserted, the amount.
  4. Address any claim as a debt of the estate before distributing assets to heirs.
  5. Obtain the release of the estate recovery claim from MO HealthNet before closing the estate.

MO HealthNet Division — Estate Recovery (Cost Recovery Unit)

Phone: 573-751-2005

Visit the agency website →

Frequently asked questions

Missouri Medicaid is MO HealthNet, administered by the Department of Social Services. Its estate recovery program is run by the MO HealthNet Division Cost Recovery Unit, which recovers the cost of benefits from a deceased participant's estate.

No. Under Mo. Rev. Stat. 473.398, an open estate may not be closed for a deceased MO HealthNet participant until the MO HealthNet Division issues a release of its estate recovery claim.

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 May 2026