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Medicaid Estate Recovery in Washington: when someone dies

A 5-step process for DSHS Office of Financial Recovery (OFR) — Estate Recovery Unit after a death in Washington.

OverviewWhen someone dies

Medicaid Recovery

Washington

dshs.wa.gov/ffa/office-financial-recovery→

Administering agency

DSHS Office of Financial Recovery (OFR) — Estate Recovery Unit

Phone1-800-562-6114
WebsiteVisit website →

Authority

RCW 41.05A.090; RCW 43.20B.080; WAC 182-527-2738 (recovery bar); WAC 182-527-2740 (age); WAC 182-527-2742 (services); WAC 182-527-2750 (undue hardship)

Verified Jul 2026

Steps to take

  1. Confirm whether the deceased received Apple Health long-term services and supports at age 55 or older, or any state-funded long-term care.
  2. Report the death to the OFR Estate Recovery Unit at 1-800-562-6114 and ask whether a claim or lien will be filed.
  3. Treat the OFR claim as a debt of the estate before distributing assets to heirs.
  4. If recovery would create undue hardship, request a hardship deferral from OFR at 1-800-562-6114. You may request one if you are:
    • The state-registered domestic partner of the deceased
    • An heir for whom recovery would deprive you of a place to live and you have no money to live somewhere else
    • An heir with limited income for whom the property is your only source of income
  5. If you are a surviving spouse or a minor, blind, or disabled child, you may live in, rent out, sell, borrow against, or refinance the property. Call the Estate Recovery Unit at 1-800-562-6114 to request lien removal; the state must remove the lien on proof that a bona fide sale or transfer is complete.

DSHS Office of Financial Recovery (OFR) — Estate Recovery Unit

Phone: 1-800-562-6114

Visit the agency website →
SimplyTrustSimplyTrust Editorial·Updated July 14, 2026

Sources

  • app.leg.wa.gov
  • dshs.wa.gov
  • manuals.dshs.wa.gov

Data sourced from Medicaid Estate Recovery in Washington primary sources (8 pages reviewed). How we research.

Medicaid Recovery

Washington

dshs.wa.gov/ffa/office-financial-recovery→

Administering agency

DSHS Office of Financial Recovery (OFR) — Estate Recovery Unit

Phone1-800-562-6114
WebsiteVisit website →

Authority

RCW 41.05A.090; RCW 43.20B.080; WAC 182-527-2738 (recovery bar); WAC 182-527-2740 (age); WAC 182-527-2742 (services); WAC 182-527-2750 (undue hardship)

Verified Jul 2026
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