In a provider letter dated April 12, 2006, the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) requests that Nursing Facility Providers (NF) begin giving the Medicaid Estate Recovery Plan Receipt Acknowledgement (Form 8001) to Social Security income-only NF residents.
DADS implemented the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program (MERP) on March 1, 2005. From the letter:
As part of this program, NFs are being asked to provide SSI only NF admissions with information regarding MERP. Under this program, the state may file a claim against the estate of a Medicaid recipient, age 55 and older that applies for NF admission on or after March 1, 2005.
The letter contains information about what providers must do when SSI-only recipients are admitted.
