Community Spouse
In the MA-LTC Basics course you learned that having a community spouse impacts several areas in regard to the income calculation for an MA-LTC client residing in an LTCF or requesting services through the EW. Community spouse income is not deemed to the LTC spouse.A community spouse does impact the following:
- The type of income calculation you will use for certain Elderly Waiver clients (Community vs. LTC).
- When to begin and end using an LTC income calculation.
- Whether certain deductions are allowed in the LTC income calculation.
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