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and document the case narrative to support the use of the client verified income. If efforts to contact the individual for a reasonable explanation fail or the explanation is not reasonable, paper verification is requested since a discrepancy remains and no other data sources are available.
MEDS PERFORMS REASONABLE COMPATIBILITY (RC) SEQUENCE MEDS determines if Reasonable Compatibility exists based on user entries for income. Users must understand RC rules to know how to correctly enter income data. When a client has more than one income source for a type of income (earned or unearned), an income record number must be established to distinguish each source, i.e., the first job is record #1 and a second job is record #2. Every individual starts with an income record #1 for each type of income they have. If they have multiple sources of income, additional income records are assigned. For each source of employment designated by an income record number, MEDS requires either of the following verification codes: • Verified – Client • Attested (paired with TALX, MDES, or SSAC for reasonable compatibility) • Verified-TALX, SSAC, MDES-(paired with Attested for reasonable compatibility) •
• Verified – Payment Source or • Verified – Electronic Data Source NOTE-SNAP is not currently a selectable income source in MEDS. Until SNAP is added, code earned income verified by SNAP as MDES to trigger reasonable compatibility and note in case narrative it was verified using SNAP. Example: Applicant Tom has 2 jobs and receives royalties. TALX information is available for the first job assigned earned income record #1 - TALX. His attested income for this job is entered also as earned Income record #1 – Attested. He provides check stubs for the second job, assigned earned income record #2 - Verified-Client. He provides a print-out of his royalty payments which are unearned income record #3- Verified-Client.