Louisiana Medicaid Draft Warning Notice To Provisional Medicaid, Medically Needy, Medically Needy Spenddown, or Long-Term Care Special Income Beneficiaries

The notice, dated May 8, 2018, is a letter by the Louisiana Department of Health written to inform certain Medicaid beneficiaries that the legislature had made program changes that were likely to affect ongoing beneficiary eligibility. The DOH sent the letter to nearly 37,000 Medicaid beneficiaries enrolled in the Provisional Medicaid, Medically Needy, Medically Needy Spenddown, or Long-Term Care Special Income programs that the programs may end as of July 1, 2018. These programs provide benefits to people with disabilities who have income or assets that slightly exceed the Medicaid maximums. However, the legislature is still in session . . .