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Manual Title Chapter Page Revision Date Virginia Medical Assistance Eligibility M03 October 2016 Subchapter Subject Page ending with Page M0320.000 AGED, BLIND & DISABLED GROUPS M0320.604 51

C. Financial Eligibility 1. Assistance Unit The assistance unit policy in chapter M05 applies to QDWIs. If the QDWI individual is living with his/her spouse who is aged, blind, or disabled, but does not have Medicare Part A, and both apply for Medicaid, two different financial calculations must be completed for the unit because of the different income limits used in the eligibility determinations. One is the QDWI determination; the other is for the ABD spouse’s covered group. 2. Resources The resource requirements in chapter S11 and Appendix 1 to Chapter S11 must be met by the QDWI Medicare beneficiary. Some of the real and personal property requirements are different for QDWIs. The different requirements are identified in Chapter S11, Appendix 1. The resource limit for an individual is $4,000 (twice the SSI resource limit for an individual); the resource limit for a couple is $6,000 (twice the SSI resource limit for a couple). 3. Income QDWIs must meet the income requirements in chapter S08. The income limits are in M0810.002. QDWIs do not receive Title II benefits. 4. Income Exceeds QDWI Limit Spenddown does not apply to the MSP income limits. If the individual’s income exceeds the QDWI limit, he/she is not eligible as QDWI and cannot spenddown to the QDWI limit. At application and redetermination, if the individual’s resources are within the medically needy limit and the individual meets a medically needy covered group, place the individual on two 6-month spenddowns based on the MN income limit. D. Entitlement Entitlement to Medicaid as a QDWI begins the first day of the month in which the Medicaid application is filed, if all eligibility factors are met in that month, including enrollment in Medicare Part A under Section 1818A of the Social Security Act. Retroactive entitlement, up to three months prior to application, is applicable if all QDWI eligibility criteria were met during the period. If the individual is not enrolled in Medicare Part A under Section 1818A as of the month he/she meets the Medicaid eligibility requirements, the individual’s entitlement to Medicaid cannot begin until the first day of the month in which his Medicare Part A enrollment under Section 1818A is effective. The eligible QDWI will only receive Medicaid payment of his/her Medicare Part A premium through the Medicaid Buy-In Agreement with SSA. The QDWI will not receive a Medicaid card. E. Enrollment 1. Aid Category The AC for all QDWIs is “055.”