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New Jersey recovers Medicaid payments broadly — not only long-term care, but all services including managed-care (HMO) capitation — from the estates of recipients who received assistance at age 55 or older, and from recipients who were permanently institutionalized at any age.
Administering agency
New Jersey Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (DMAHS) — Estate Recovery
Authority
N.J.S.A. 30:4D-7.2; N.J.A.C. 10:49-14
No. New Jersey recovers all Medicaid services paid on the recipient's behalf — including institutional care, non-institutional services, and managed-care (HMO) capitation payments — from the estates of recipients who received assistance at age 55 or older or who were permanently institutionalized at any age.
Recovery is deferred while there is a surviving spouse, a surviving child under age 21, or a surviving child who is blind or permanently and totally disabled.
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4-step process for New Jersey Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (DMAHS) — Estate Recovery.
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New Jersey Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (DMAHS) — Estate Recovery
Authority
N.J.S.A. 30:4D-7.2; N.J.A.C. 10:49-14