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ACWDL 08-50: Increase in substantial gainful activity from $940 per month to $980 per month effective January 1, 2009, for non-blind individuals (11/18/2008)
The federal SGA amount will increase to $980 effective January 1, 2009. Counties will retroactively redetermine Medi-Cal eligibility based on disability if a case has been denied erroneously due to a delay in implementing the new SGA amount.…
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ACWDL 08-49: 2009 Medicare Catastrophic Coverage act (MCCA) spousal impoverishment caps (11/10/2008)
Effective January 1, 2009, the community spouse resource allowance is $109,560 and the new maximum spousal income allocation/minimum monthly maintenance need allowance is $2,739 per month under the MCCA. [Download]
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ACWDL 08-48E: Errate to ACWDL 08-48 discontinuance of cost avoidance Medicare Part B premiums for beneficiaries with a SOC over $500 (10/31/2008)
This letter corrects the date that affected beneficiaries will see the Part B premium deducted from their Social Security checks. Checks will be affected December, 2008, not November as stated in ACWDL 08-48. Counties are also reminded that…
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ACWDL 08-48: Discontinuance of cost avoidance Medicare Part B premiums for beneficiaries with a share of cost over $500 (10/30/2008)
This ACWDL puts part of budget trailer bill AB 1183 into effect by eliminating the state buy-in of Medicare Part B premiums for beneficiaries with a share of cost over $500 until or unless the SOC is met…
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ACWDL 08-47: Elimination of sunset date for the 250% Working Disabled Program (10/22/2008)
Elton John’s plea to not let the sun go down on the working disabled was answered by AB1183. The sunset date of January 1, 2009 was eliminated by AB 1183 (Chapter 758, Statutes of 2008). The 250% Working…
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ACWDL 08-45: County performance standards and minimum case sample sizes for self-certifications and independent evaluations (10/10/2008)
This ACWDL lays out some changes in self-certification and independent evaluation minimum sample requirements. Included are the mandatory performance levels that must be achieved including 90% of regular applications processed in 45 days and disability applications processed in…
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ACWDL 08-44: Translated Medi-Cal notices of action for the citizenship/identity requirements of the Defecit Reduction Act of 2005 (10/9/2008)
The Defecit Reduction Act requires U.S. Citizens and Nationals to provide proof of citizenship/ national status and identity for Medi-Cal eligibility. The NOAs related to the DRA are now available in Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Armenian, Farsi, Khmer,…
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ACWDL 08-43: Eight-month period of eligibility and review of determination of Medi-Cal eligibility for refugee medical assistance/ entrant medical assistance beneficiaries (9/24/2008)
This letter clarifies that the Refugee Medical Assistance and Entrant Medical Assistance program (RMA/EMA) is a fully federally funded non Medi-Cal program that gives full-scope medical assistance through the Medi-Cal program. RMA/EMA only lasts for 8 months and…
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ACWDL 08-42: Clarification of rules for the A&D FPL (9/23/2008)
This letter clarifies that the Aged and Disabled Federal Poverty Level Program (A&D FPL) follows the Medically Needy Rules, including all income deductions, allocations, and exemptions. It refers to ACWDL 00-57, which contains the A&D FPL financial eligibility…
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ACWDL 08-40: Errata to ACWDL 07-26 and 08-13 enclosure 1(9/12/2008)
This letter has revisions to the effective date of the 2008 SSI/SSP cash grant levels. The SSP COLA increases originally scheduled for June 1, 2008, and then delayed to October 1, 2008, will not be going into effect…