Medicaid for the Elderly and People with Disabilities Handbook

Chapter Q — Medicare Savings Programs

Reminder: Federal law requires that anyone who wishes to apply for Medicaid be allowed to file an application, regardless of the person's ultimate eligibility for services.

Table of Contents

Q-1000
Medicare Savings Programs Overview
Q-1100
Texas Administrative Code Rules
Q-2000
Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMB) – MC-QMB
Q-2100
Verification and Documentation for QMB
Q-2200
Conditional QMB
Q-2210
Upon Certification of QMB
Q-2300
Social Security Administration QMB Referral Procedures
Q-2400
QMB Benefits
Q-2500
QMB Income and Resource Limits
Q-2600
QMB Cost-of-Living Adjustment
Q-2700
QMB Medical Effective Date
Q-2710
Prior Coverage Under SLMB/QI-1
Q-2800
Ensuring Continuous QMB
Q-2900
QMB Eligibility and Supplemental Security Income
Q-3000
Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries (SLMB) – MC-SLMB
Q-3100
SLMB Benefits
Q-3200
SLMB Income Limits
Q-3300
SLMB Cost-of-Living Adjustment
Q-3400
SLMB Medical Effective Date
Q-3500
SLMB Eligibility and Other Programs
Q-4000
Medicare Savings Programs and Dual Eligibility
Q-4100
SLMB Dual Eligibility and Medicare Buy-In
Q-4200
TANF/Medicaid and QMB or SLMB Dual Eligibility
Q-4210
Breast and Cervical Cancer Services Program
Q-4220
Reserved
Q-4230
TANF with QMB
Q-4240
Reserved
Q-4250
Reserved
Q-5000
Qualifying Individuals (QIs)
Q-5100
QI Benefits
Q-5200
QI Income Limit
Q-5300
QI Cost-of-Living Adjustment
Q-5400
QI Medical Effective Date
Q-5500
Reserved
Q-5600
QI-2
Q-6000
Qualified Disabled and Working Individuals (QDWI) – MC-QDWI
Q-6100
QDWI Benefits
Q-6200
QDWI Income Limit
Q-6300
QDWI Cost-of-Living Adjustment
Q-6400
QDWI Medical Effective Date
Q-6500
General SSA Procedures Involving Potential QDWIs
Q-6600
QDWI Application Procedures
Q-6610
Medicare Part A Entitlement
Q-6700
Reserved