Budget Methodologies and ‘Medical Necessity’ Language

Budget methodologies and ‘medical necessity’ language Two phrases do most of the damage: “more cost-effective option available” and “not medically necessary.” Neither one is a medical judgment. Both are budget...

Advocacy Resources Documentation Strategies How-To Guides Medicaid

AAC and Insurance: Getting Device Coverage The documentation that gets AAC devices funded, the medical necessity letter that does most of the work, the trial period that demonstrates use, and...

Advocacy Resources Comparison Tools How-To Guides Medicaid

ABLE Accounts vs Special Needs Trusts (and the $2,000 SSI Asset Limit) Two saving instruments, one cliff. SSI’s $2,000 asset limit has not moved since 1989. ABLE accounts and SNTs...

Documentation Strategies How-To Guides Medicaid

Appealing denials without losing what you still have A denial notice has a clock hidden inside it. Miss it and you lose the service while you fight. Catch it and...

Medicaid

Budget Methodologies and ‘Medical Necessity’ Language

AAC and Insurance: Getting Device Coverage

ABLE Accounts vs Special Needs Trusts (and the $2,000 SSI Asset Limit)

Appealing Denials Without Losing What You Still Have