New Jersey Medicaid Programs - Part 3
by
Herbert D. Hinkle, Esq. and Valerie A. Powers Smith,
Esq.
Hinkle,
Fingles & Prior, Attorneys at Law
2651 Main Street
Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648
(609) 896-4200 or (215) 860-2100
This is the last of the three-part series of articles,
which briefly discusses the different programs under
which New Jersey provides Medicaid services.
MEDICAID-FUNDED WAIVER PROGRAMS
If a child under age 18 is ineligible for Medicaid
because of parental income or resources, the New
Jersey Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD)
offers to its clients a Medicaid-funded waiver
program, the Community Care Waiver, that
"waives" the consideration of parental
income/resources. The income and resources of the
child are still considered but eligibility can be
obtained using a special needs trust. For those 18
years and older, while the resource limitation is
still $2,000, the income limitation is higher
(approximately $1,800/month). For more information,
contact DDD at (800) 832-9137.
The New Jersey Division of Disability Services
administers the majority of Medicaid-funded waiver
programs in New Jersey.
Among those programs are: (1) Community Resources
to People with Disabilities (CRPD) - serves
Medicaid beneficiaries with disabilities of all ages
and provides services in addition to full Medicaid
benefits to those who would otherwise be unable to
live in the community and who meet the income
($1,737/month) and resource ($2,000) guidelines;
(2) ABC Waiver - serves medically fragile children
under the care and supervision of DYFS; (3) AIDS
Community Care Alternatives Program (ACCAP) -
serves any age with AIDS & children up to age 13 who
are HIV positive, who meet the program income and
resource limits; and (4) Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Waiver - serves people with TBI between the age of
18 and 64 and provides services in addition to full
Medicaid coverage to those who meet the Institutional
Medicaid financial requirements. All of the
aforementioned waivers have individual medical
necessity requirements and other program-specific
requirements. For more information, contact DDS at
(609) 588-2621.
The New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services
(DOHSS) administers the following Medicaid-funded
waiver programs: (1) Enhanced Community Options
- offers care alternatives to individuals who would
otherwise qualify for placement in a nursing home and
who are financially eligible for Institutional
Medicaid; and (2) the Community Care Program for
the Elderly and Disabled (CCPED) - provides
assistance that allows individuals to remain in (or
return to) the community, rather than being cared for
in a nursing home or hospital, to those who meet
Institutional Medicaid financial requirements. For
more information, contact DOHSS at (800) 328-3838.
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Hinkle,
Fingles, & Prior maintains a multi-state law practice
with offices in Lawrenceville, Marlton, and Florham
Park, New Jersey, and Yardley, and Plymouth Meeting,
Pennsylvania. They lecture and write frequently on
topics of law, aging, disability and estate planning
and are available
to speak to groups in New Jersey
and Pennsylvania at no charge.
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to: Hinkle, Fingles & Prior, Attorneys at Law,
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2007 Herbert D. Hinkle. All rights reserved.
