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New Medicare Cards

Starting April 1, 2018

The new Medicare card will no longer have a Social Security Number as identification number. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is required to remove Social Security numbers by April 2019 and replace with random numbers.

CMS is seeking to prevent fraud and identity theft by providing these new cards with random numbers.

Visit CMS online for further information.

Medicaid

NYSBA Medicaid Brochure - In accordance with 96 ADM-8, “OBRA ’93 Provisions on Transfers and Trusts,” and 06 OMM/ADM-5,”Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 – Long Term Care Medicaid Eligibility Changes,” an institutionalized individual who has made an uncompensated transfer of assets during the look-back period is subject to a period of ineligibility for Medicaid coverage of nursing home care. The period of ineligibility, or penalty period, is the number of months equal to the uncompensated value of the transferred assets divided by the Medicaid regional rate established for the region in which the nursing facility is located. The rates are based on average private pay nursing home costs in each of the seven regions in the state and are subject to change annually. For purposes of calculating a transfer penalty period, districts must use the regional rate in effect on the date institutionalized individual applies for Medicaid (application date), or requests an increase in coverage for Medicaid payment of nursing home care. This Includes applications and requests for an increase in coverage where an applicant/recipient (A/R) is requesting Medicaid coverage of nursing facility services in the three months prior to either the application date or the date of request for increased coverage.