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MEDICAL SERVICES POLICY MANUAL,SECTION G

G 100 VerificationStandards

G-180 Resources MS Manual 01/01/14 Resources will be verified for all categories with a resource test. Refer to MS E-110. Examples of verification include bank statements, trust documents, deeds, etc. G-181 Verification of Resources using the Asset Verification System MS Manual 01/01/22 AABD applicant’s and recipient’s liquid resources will be verified using the Asset Verification System (AVS). Liquid resources include but are not limited to: checking and savings accounts, Certificates of Deposit, and bonds. The Asset Verification System will verify resource information for those categories with a resource limit. These categories include: • Nursing Facility; • ARChoices in Homecare; • Living Choices; • Program of All-Inclusive Care forthe Elderly (PACE); • Medically Needy Exceptional Category Aged, Medically Needy Exceptional Category Blind, and Medically Needy Exceptional Category Disabled; • Medically Needy Spend Down Aged, Medically Needy Spend Down Blind, and Medically Needy Spend Down Disabled; • Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB); • ARSeniors; • Qualified Individual (QI-1); • Specified Medicare Beneficiary (SMB); • Disregard COLA Increase, Disregard (1984) Widow/Widower, Disregard SSA Disabled Widow/Widower, Disabled Widow/Widower Surviving Spouse, and Disabled Adult Child (DAC); • Qualified Disabled and Working Individuals (QDWI); and • TEFRA and Autism. EXCEPTION:AVS will not provide verification for SSI Categories.

The information provided by AVS is a tool to help locate any liquid resources that the householdmay have or hashad in the three (3) months prior to application or re-evaluation. The information that is returned by AVS will be used to verify the liquid resources that the household may possess.