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Date: Jan 21, 2022
To: Alternative Care and Essential Community Supports Case Managers, Assessors, and Supervisors, Eligibility Workers and Supervisors
From: DHS Aging and Adult Services Division
Purpose of E-Mail: To notify case managers, assessors, and eligibility workers that the projected nursing facility care cost was not updated as of Jan. 1, 2022. This affects AC and ECS program eligibility determination, which uses nursing facility costs.
Effective Date: Immediately
Contact:dhs.aasd.hcbs@state.mn.us
DHS was unable to update the projected nursing facility care cost on AC and ECS eligibility worksheets
Background
DHS uses nursing facility rate data to determine eligibility for the Alternative Care (AC) and Essential Community Supports (ECS) programs. Due to delays in receiving the nursing facility cost data used to establish the nursing facility rates DHS is unable to determine the new threshold for eligibility determination at this time.
What do you need to know?
Until further notice, when determining eligibility for the AC and ECS programs, continue to use the current versions of the AC and ECS eligibility worksheets, which include the 2021 nursing facility rates. Use the current worksheet versions, dated 12-21 and located in eDocs:
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DHS-2630 Alternative Care Program Eligibility Worksheet for Unmarried Individuals or Married Couples When Both May Choose the Alternative Care Program or a Married Person Whose Spouse Is an EW Recipient or Is Living in a Nursing Facility (line M)
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DHS-2630A Alternative Care Program Eligibility Worksheet for a Married Person who has a Community Spouse (line S)
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DHS-6683 Essential Community Supports Program (ECS) Financial Eligibility Worksheet (line M)
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DHS-6683A Essential Community Supports Program (ECS) Eligibility Worksheet for a Married Individual when only one spouse is requesting services (line S)
MMIS will continue to use the 2021 nursing facility rates at this time. We will update MMIS with new information as soon as it becomes available.
How will you know when DHS publishes the updated eligibility worksheets?
As soon as this information becomes available, we will update the AC and ECS eligibility worksheets with the correct information and send another eList announcement confirming the updates.
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