SELECTED OFFICIAL TRANSMITTALS AND LETTERS OF ADVICE
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THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION AND/OR
THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES / HCFA
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Transmittal 13 -- SSI Transfer Rules (WP8) |
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/ CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID CMS State Agency Regional Bulletin 2008-05 (Boston): re: transfers to d4c trusts by applicants age 65+ (PDF) CMS Transmittal 862 setting out Medicare appeals procedures (2/17/06)CMS Letter from Thomas Hamilton to Robert J. Richardson (PA) 10/21/2002 (PDF) re: NJ annuity / sole benefit trust requirements (no authority under federal law; confirms Nevada letter). The link is to Harry Margolis' site; please advise if the link ceases to be good. HCFA letter re: annuities (PDF) from Linda Minamota, HCFA Region IX, to Nevada State Welfare Division, August 31, 2001 (rejecting Nevada position that purchase of actuarially sound annuity for spouse with income over MMNA is disqualifying transfer) HCFA letters re post-eligibility transfers, Ronald Preston of HCFA Boston to Atty. Brian Barreira April 5, 2000 (JPG) DHHS letter re: ILLEGALITY of requiring nursing home applicants to disclose financial information in excess of what is necessary to determine eligibility for Medicaid - (PDF) from Kathleen But, DHHS, to Dr. Richard Yerian, Michigan Dept. of Public Health, September 1, 1992 HCFA letter re: transfers to 1396p(d)(4)(C) trusts PERMITTED for those 65 and older (from Thomas Hamilton, DHHS/HCFA Baltimore, to Clifton Kruse, August 9, 2001, supplied courtesy of Clifton Kruse) HCFA "Streimer" letter from Robert A. Streimer to Dana E. Rozansky clarifying treatment of transfers to/from trusts (February 25, 1998) reprinted from The Elder Law Report 4/98 |