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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 M0320.601 39

Medicaid as QMB. If an individual appears to be eligible for Medicare but is not enrolled in Medicare, refer him to the SSA district office to apply for Medicare enrollment. If an individual must pay a monthly premium for Medicare Part A, and cannot afford the premium, the SSA office will give the individual a bill for the premium when the individual is enrolled. The individual must present this bill and the Medicare Part A enrollment verification to the local DSS worker in order to be eligible for Medicaid as a QMB. NOTE: A disabled working individual who is enrolled or is eligible to enroll in Medicare Part A under Section 1818A of the Social Security Act cannot be enrolled as a QMB; he may be eligible as a Qualified Disabled and Working Individual (QDWI). See M0320.604 below for information on the QDWI covered group.0 3. Verification Not Provided If the applicant does not provide information documenting enrollment in Medicare Part A within the application processing time standard, he is not eligible for Medicaid as QMB, but may be eligible for Medicaid in another covered group. C. Financial Eligibility 1. Assistance Unit The assistance unit policy in chapter M05 applies to QMBs.

If the QMB individual is living with his 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 MSP QMB determination; the other is for the ABD spouse’s CN or MN covered group.

2. Resources The resource requirements in chapter S11 and Appendix 2 to chapter S11 must be met by the MSP Medicare beneficiary. Some of the real and personal property requirements are different for QMBs. The different requirements are identified in Appendix 2.

The resource limit for an individual is the resource limit for the MSPs. See section M1110.003 for the current resource limits.