This is a 7-day course that will held on the following dates:

Monday July 7th, 2025

Tuesday July 8th, 2025

Wednesday July 9th, 2025

Monday July 21st, 2025

Tuesday July 22nd, 2025

Wednesday July 23rd, 2025

Thursday July 24th, 2025

LDSS Medicaid eligibility staff who have limited experience with a Medicaid caseload, and other staff as determined by the New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH).

This seven-day training session provides participants with an introduction to New York State's Medicaid program, with a focus on the eligibility for individuals who need community-based medical care.

As a result of the training, participants will be able to:

• Identify the various public health insurance programs available to New York State residents.

• Separate applying household members into distinct categories

• Recognize the different levels of eligibility within the Community Medicaid program.

• Interpret and apply community Medicaid eligibility policy and budgeting methodology.

Summarize applicant's eligibility decisions based on information submitted and budgeting results.

This full-day program will review Immigration categories including the Qualified and Permanently Residing Under Color of Law (PRUCOL) immigration status. The session will also assist workers in determining the documentation that supports each immigration status. Emergency Medicaid coverage will also be addressed.

As a result of the training, participants will be able to:

1. Interpret immigrant eligibility guidelines for government funded health insurance programs

2. Identify the different immigration statuses

3. Recognize immigrants’ concerns

4. Review acceptable forms of documentation

5. Understand WMS coding for each immigrant category

This full-day program covers the basic principles of the Excess Income policy and its application. It will review the impact of the six-month accounting period and provide a number of examples illustrating the application of Excess Income policy. The Pay-In Subsystem and the Principal Provider Subsystem will also be briefly discussed.

As a result of the training, participants will be able to:

1. Review the Medicaid Excess Income Program policy

2. Explanation of who is eligible to participate with the Excess Income program

3. How the excess income amount is determined

4. Distinguish the types of Medicaid coverage to be authorized

5. Factors which affect applicability of bills

6. Explanation of the Medicaid Pay-In Program

7. Distinguish the functions of the WMS Pay In and Principal Provider Sub Systems

This half-day program will review a variety of issues related to homesteads and other non-income producing real property. Included will be the definition of a homestead, Medicaid policy on mortgages held by Applicant/Recipients (A/Rs), life estate issues, reverse mortgages and liens on homesteads and non-income producing real property.

As a result of the training, participants will be able to:

1. Interpret the interaction of home-based assets on eligibility

2. Explain when a homestead is exempt

3. Discuss life estates, mortgages and promissory notes.

This full-day program covers eligibility for Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMB), Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries (SLIMB), and Qualifying Individuals (QI). A brief review of the Qualified Disabled and Working Individuals (QDWI) Category will also be included. The eMedNY system and the entries required by this program will also be addressed in the presentation.

As a result of the training, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the different parts of Medicare coverage available and the coverage provided

2. Determine who is eligible for the Medicare Savings

3. Understand the benefits available with each MSP category

4. Review and make entries into the eMedNY system

***This date is currently closed for enrollment***

This full-day program will review the types of tax-qualified funds (including pensions, supplemental retirement funds and individual retirement accounts) that may be owned by clients applying for Medicaid benefits. The Medicaid policy on these holdings will be discussed including Spousal Impoverishment situations. This program will also review the basic annuity terms, the types and uses of annuities, Medicaid policy on annuities, and transfer implications.

As a result of the training, participants will be able to:

1. Determine the value of a Retirement fund

2. Determine the value of Annuity

3. Distinguish between the treatment of an Annuity with transactions before and after DRA legislation

This full-day program reviews the budgeting methodology for Spousal Impoverishment cases. The program includes completion of the Spousal Budgeting forms including the calculation of the Community Spouse Resource Allowance (CSRA), countable resources, Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance (MMNA), Family Member Needs allowance, and Net Available Monthly Income (NAMI) for the Institutionalized Spouse. Increasing the CSRA to meet a shortfall in MMNA is also discussed.

As a result of the training, participants will be able to:

1. Explain the spousal impoverishment budgeting process

2. Complete processes related to institutionalized and community spousal budgeting

3. Explain the budget options for individuals participating in a HCBS Waiver Program

This is a 7-day course that will held on the following dates:

Monday July 7th, 2025

Tuesday July 8th, 2025

Wednesday July 9th, 2025

Monday July 21st, 2025

Tuesday July 22nd, 2025

Wednesday July 23rd, 2025

Thursday July 24th, 2025

LDSS Medicaid eligibility staff who have limited experience with a Medicaid caseload, and other staff as determined by the New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH).

This seven-day training session provides participants with an introduction to New York State's Medicaid program, with a focus on the eligibility for individuals who need community-based medical care.

As a result of the training, participants will be able to:

• Identify the various public health insurance programs available to New York State residents.

• Separate applying household members into distinct categories

• Recognize the different levels of eligibility within the Community Medicaid program.

• Interpret and apply community Medicaid eligibility policy and budgeting methodology.

Summarize applicant's eligibility decisions based on information submitted and budgeting results.

This is a 7-day course that will held on the following dates:

Monday July 7th, 2025

Tuesday July 8th, 2025

Wednesday July 9th, 2025

Monday July 21st, 2025

Tuesday July 22nd, 2025

Wednesday July 23rd, 2025

Thursday July 24th, 2025

LDSS Medicaid eligibility staff who have limited experience with a Medicaid caseload, and other staff as determined by the New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH).

This seven-day training session provides participants with an introduction to New York State's Medicaid program, with a focus on the eligibility for individuals who need community-based medical care.

As a result of the training, participants will be able to:

• Identify the various public health insurance programs available to New York State residents.

• Separate applying household members into distinct categories

• Recognize the different levels of eligibility within the Community Medicaid program.

• Interpret and apply community Medicaid eligibility policy and budgeting methodology.

Summarize applicant's eligibility decisions based on information submitted and budgeting results.

This is a 7-day course that will held on the following dates:

Monday July 7th, 2025

Tuesday July 8th, 2025

Wednesday July 9th, 2025

Monday July 21st, 2025

Tuesday July 22nd, 2025

Wednesday July 23rd, 2025

Thursday July 24th, 2025

LDSS Medicaid eligibility staff who have limited experience with a Medicaid caseload, and other staff as determined by the New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH).

This seven-day training session provides participants with an introduction to New York State's Medicaid program, with a focus on the eligibility for individuals who need community-based medical care.

As a result of the training, participants will be able to:

• Identify the various public health insurance programs available to New York State residents.

• Separate applying household members into distinct categories

• Recognize the different levels of eligibility within the Community Medicaid program.

• Interpret and apply community Medicaid eligibility policy and budgeting methodology.

Summarize applicant's eligibility decisions based on information submitted and budgeting results.