LTC Income Calculation - Deductions and Allowances - Page 12a
Remedial Care Expense Deduction
The remedial care expense deduction allows Elderly Waiver clients to reduce their gross income using the remedial care expense when he or she resides in a
residential living arrangement.
No verification of this expense is required.
Definition: Housing with services establishments such as a group residential housing (GRH), assisted living, board and lodge, and corporate and foster care settings that have a GRH arrangement with a county.
This expense may be adjusted twice each year in January and July. See EPM for changes in the expense amount.
For clients with a medical spenddown whose LTC expenses are privately paid: Allow the remedial care expense as a health care expense to meet the medical spenddown portion rather than a deduction on the LTC income calculation. You will find that MAXIS supports this if coded correctly in STAT. You will learn more about this in the MA-LTC Systems course.