Disabled Elders’ Transfers To Pooled Trusts Required Delay In Medicaid Eligibility

Mealey's (December 4, 2018, 11:21 AM EST) -- DES MOINES — A majority of the Iowa Supreme Court on Nov. 30 held that a lower court properly interpreted the Federal Medicaid Act in agreeing with the Iowa Department of Human Services’ finding that transfers of more than a half a million dollars to pooled special needs trusts were for less than fair market value and required a delay in disabled elders’ eligibility for Medicaid benefits (Susan E. Cox, et al. v. Iowa Department of Human Services, No. 18-0026, Iowa Sup., 2018 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 105)....