PC Number |
Description |
Chapter/Section or Appendix |
PC Date |
2021 Advance Child Tax Credit Payment |
July 27, 2021 |
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Extension of Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief & Economic Security (CARES) Act Unemployment Benefits |
June 11, 2021 |
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Beneficiary and Earnings Data Exchange (BENDEX) State Code Issue |
June 10, 2021 |
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The correct entry of an Emergency Medical Condition (EMC) in the Nature of Emergency field on the Alien/Refugee Screen |
May 27, 2021 |
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Foster Care Medical Assistance (MA) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 During the COVID-19 Emergency |
May 21, 2021 |
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Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Benefit Status “In Progress” |
April 8, 2021 |
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How should the County Assistance Office (CAO) adjust the Unemployment Compensation (UC) payment at application when a copy of a Claim Confirmation Letter is provided? |
March 30, 2021 |
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New Status for Compact of Free Association (COFA) migrants from the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), and the Republic of Palau |
March 15, 2021 |
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Medical Assistance (MA) Recipients Who Become Eligible for Medical Assistance for Workers with Disabilities (MAWD) During the COVID-19 Emergency Must Not Owe a Monthly Premium |
February 27, 2021 |
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Additional Guidance for Medical Assistance for Non-Citizens During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency (PHE) |
February 9, 2021 |
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2021 Federal Poverty Income Guidelines |
January 29, 2021 |
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R. 133) expands provision of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 Economic Stimulus Payments |
January 5, 2021 |
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Finalizing or Continuing the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Unemployment Compensation (UC) Income received due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) Emergency |
Revised February 10, 2021 January 12, 2021 |
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Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) Initial Verification Requests and Sponsorship Compliance |
October 16, 2020 |
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Accepting Self-Attestation for Medical Assistance (MA) during the coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency |
October 16, 2020 |
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Medical Assistance (MA) Benefits for Lawfully Present Non-Citizen Children and Pregnant Non-Citizens once they turn Age 21 or the Post-Partum Period Ends |
October 7, 2020 |
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Pennsylvania has been approved to pay an extra $300 per week in disaster assistance benefits as part of the Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) Program from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) |
Revised October 16, 2020 September 16, 2020 |
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Counting Hazard Pay for All Programs during the coronavirus (COVID-19) Emergency |
August 25, 2020 |
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Verifying Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Unemployment Compensation (UC) Income received due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) Emergency |
August 19, 2020 |
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Medical Assistance for Workers with Disabilities (MAWD) Premiums Must Not Be Increased During the COVID-19 Emergency Beginning January 1, 2020 |
July 30, 2020 |
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Incarceration During the COVID-19 Emergency |
July 13, 2020 |
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Review of Remaining Coronavirus (COVID-19) Stimulus Payment Monies for Medical Assistance (MA), including Long-Term Care (LTC), after the One-Year Exclusion is Reached |
June 1, 2020 |
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Guidance on Verification Requirements during the COVID-19 emergency |
May 22, 2020 |
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Medical Assistance for Workers with Disabilities (MAWD) Reinstatement for Individuals Who Self-Attest to Paying Premium During the COVID-19 Emergency |
May 5, 2020 |
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Reviewing Medical Assistance (MA) Eligibility with Cash Assistance Budgets |
May 4, 2020 |
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Maintaining Medical Assistance (MA) eligibility according to The Families First Coronavirus Response Act |
Revised December 9, 2020 April 24, 2020 |
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Self-Attestation of Incapacity/Disability for Medical Assistance (MA) During the COVID-19 Emergency |
April 24, 2020 |
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Acceptable Appeal Requests during the coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency |
Not linked |
April 23, 2020 |
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2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2020 (CARES ACT) Economic Stimulus Payments |
April 22, 2020 |
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Resource Verification for Medical Assistance (Including Long-Term Care (LTC) and Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Emergency |
April 15, 2020 |
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Emergency Medical Assistance (EMA) Procedures during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Emergency |
April 14, 2020 |
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Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) |
Not Linked |
April 3, 2020 |
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Medical Assistance for Workers with Disabilities (MAWD) Premium Payments during the COVID-19 Emergency |
March 26, 2020 |
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Decrease or Termination of Income Due to the Coronavirus |
March 23, 2020 |
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Completing the HS 764 to Issue an ACCESS Card in Pilot Counties |
March 4, 2020 |
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2020 Federal Poverty Income Guidelines |
January 31, 2020 |
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Enhanced Medical Assistance Renewals (EMAR) and Non-Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI)-Related Medical Assistance (MA) |
January 7, 2020 |
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Self-Employment Tax Deduction for Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) Medical Assistance (MA) |
November 1, 2019 |
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Reviewing for SSI-Related Medical Assistance (MA) when MG 91 and MG 90D Recipients Turn 65 Years Old |
October 9, 2019 |
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Applications for the Personal Care and Domiciliary Care Supplements and Reported Changes |
August 15, 2019 |
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Individuals Receiving Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) in Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) Budget Categories |
Revised August 13, 2019 |
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Processing Renewals Before Renewal Date for Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA) Budgets |
July 18, 2019 |
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Verification Requirements for Updating a Client's Name and Gender in eCIS |
July 11, 2019 |
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HealthChoices Intranet Site |
June 26, 2019 |
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Income and Resource Verification at Renewal |
June 26, 2019 |
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Electronic Signature for Authorized Representative Designation |
June 24, 2019 |
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2019 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for Black Lung Benefits. |
May 22, 2019 |
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Treatment of Retirement Accounts for MA |
April 11, 2019 |
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MG 18 C Closure Prior to Renewal |
April 3, 2019 |
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Changes to the Treatment of Income and Deductions for Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) Medical Assistance (MA) |
March 1, 2019 |
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Men and Eligibility for Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment (BCCPT) |
February 14, 2019 |
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Notice of End of Coverage for the Postpartum Period |
February 7, 2019 |
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2019 Federal Poverty Income Guidelines |
January 31, 2019 |
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MAGI-related MA and TANF-related Earned Income Incentive Deduction |
January 18, 2019 |
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2019 Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) |
January 17, 2019 |
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Reviewing Medical Assistance (MA) when General Assistance (GA) Cash Budgets Close |
November 28, 2018 |
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Opening MG 18 C When a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Budget is Closing for a Child under 4 |
October 30, 2018 |
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Third Party Liabilities (TPLs) and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Referrals |
September 17, 2018 |
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Completing the PA 162VR for Verification Related to Exchanges 4 and 5 |
Not Linked |
September 6, 2018 |
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Change to ARRC 123 alert due date |
September 4, 2018 |
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DAP/MRT Referral for Disabled Child |
July 26, 2018 |
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Renewal Notice for Medical Assistance |
July 25, 2018 |
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Former Foster Care determination and YDC |
July 11, 2018 |
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Healthy Horizons eligibility and applying for potential Social Security income |
June 21, 2018 |
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"S" Corporation Income |
Revised June 14, 2018 |
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Non-Citizen Immigration Status |
May 29, 2018 |
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Signature on SAR/LIN |
May 2, 2018 |
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Timeframes to Process Shortened Medical Assistance (MA) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Access to Social Services (COMPASS) Inmate Release Applications |
May 1, 2018 |
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OBRA Waiver Recipient Re-Assessments |
May 1, 2018 |
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Using Buy-In Data to Close Medicare A/B TPL Resources |
April 19, 2018 |
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Facility code entry for children placed in pediatric facilities |
April 11, 2018 |
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2018 Federal Poverty Income Guidelines |
February 1, 2018 |
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Unemployment Compensation (UC) Reduction for 2018 |
January 24, 2018 |
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Medicare Buy-In Reimbursement Inquiries |
January 3, 2018 |
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Processing Shortened Medical Assistance (MA) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Access to Social Services (COMPASS) Applications for Individuals Being Released from Correctional Facilities |
December 20, 2017 |
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Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) Open Enrollment for 2018 |
October 16, 2017 |
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Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) – Upload and Attach Secondary Verification |
May 16, 2017 |
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Processing MA Overpayments for individuals enrolled in the HIPP Program. |
Not Linked |
July 10, 2017 |
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Removal of minimum age requirement for participation in the Office of Developmental Program’s (ODP) Person/Family Directed Support (68) and Consolidated (77) Waivers |
May 31, 2017 |
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Medical Assistance (MA) Suspension Process for Recipients Who Have Been Incarcerated |
Not Linked |
May 24, 2017 |
|
Treatment of retroactive VA Aid and Attendance Benefits |
April 3, 2017 |
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Medical Assistance (MA) Express Land Enrollment (ELE) PELICAN households that received a PA 600 ELE |
March 22, 2017 |
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MA Coverage for BCCPT Recipients |
February 28, 2017 |
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2017 Federal Poverty Income Guidelines |
Not linked |
February 6, 2017 |
|
Increase in Resource Limits for the Medicare Savings Program |
January 3, 2017 |
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Proper Use of Income Code 98-Long Term Care (LTC) Related Unearned Income |
November 16, 2016 |
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Hospice Care in a Nursing Facility
|
November 11, 2016 |
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County of Residence for Individuals Placed in an Inpatient Drug and Alcohol (D&A) Facility |
August 29, 2016 |
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Overlapping 902Z and 903Q TPLs on Long term Care (LTC) records of recipients |
June 27, 2016 |
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Evaluating Eligibility for BCCPT (PH 20) |
April 21, 2016 |
||
Income Limits for the MG 90 N Category |
March 29, 2016 |
||
Payments Received Under Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Wavier Programs and Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) Medical Assistance (MA) Determinations |
January 29, 2016 |
||
Federal Poverty Income Guidelines |
January 29, 2016 |
||
Decreased Mileage Rate for Unearned Income Deduction |
January 27, 2016 |
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Increase in Gross Social Security Income and Medicare Part B Premium Effective January 2016 |
January 14, 2016 |
||
2016 Medicare Part B Premium |
November 24, 2015 |
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Medical Assistance (MA) Recipients and Free or Reduced-Price School Meals |
November 23, 2015 |
||
Increased Mileage Rate for Unearned Income Deduction |
November 17, 2015 |
||
Federally-Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) Open Enrollment Period for 2016 |
October 29, 2015 |
||
Advance Notice for Health Premium Payment (HIPP) Non-Cooperation |
September 17, 2015 |
||
Processing time Frame and Reconsideration period for Federally-Facilitated marketplace (FFM) Applications |
Revised September 16, 2015 Original date July 2015 |
||
MA Overpayment and Family Planning Services |
September 4, 2015 |
||
Processing Time Frame and Reconsideration Period for Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) Applications |
July 2015 |
||
Personal Care Home (PCH) Supplement and Appropriate Client Notification |
May 7, 2015 |
||
Care and Control of Children for Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) Medical Assistance (MA) |
May 7, 2015 |
||
Medical Assistance for Former Foster Care Recipients |
February 23, 2015 |
||
Issuing Replacement ACCESS Card for Medical Assistance (MA) Recipients |
February 20, 2015 |
||
Annualized Income for MA Budgets that use Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) to Determine Eligibility |
February 20, 2015 |
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Medical Assistance (MA) Renewals due in January 2015 and February 2015 |
Not linked |
January 23, 2015 |
|
MA and Drug & Alcohol Facility Codes |
Not linked |
January 23, 2015 |
|
2015 Federal Poverty Income Guidelines |
Not linked |
January 22, 2015 |
|
Disability Verification with Healthy PA |
January 22, 2015 |
||
Application for Medical Assistance and Resources Verification |
January 12, 2015 |
||
Income Excluded for Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) Medical Assistance (MA) determinations. |
January 6, 2015 |
||
Health Screening and MA Applications Pended until December 1, 2014 |
Not linked |
December 8, 2014 |
|
Verification of Income |
October 30, 2014 |
||
Hospital based Presumptive Eligibility (PE) Determined By PE Qualified Hospital Providers and COMPASS Applications |
October 9, 2014 |
||
Changes in SSA Field Office Verification Services |
October 2, 2014 |
||
Personal Care Home (PCH) Supplement for Recipients of the Person/Family Directed Support (P/FDS) Waiver or Adult Autism Waiver (AAW) |
September 15, 2014 |
||
Authorizing Medical Assistance (MA) eligibility for Temporary Residents |
August 26, 2014 |
||
Adoption Subsidies and Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) Medical Assistance Determinations |
August 22, 2014 |
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Hospital Based Presumptive Eligibility (PE) Determined By PE Qualified Hospital Providers and COMPASS Applications |
June 12, 2014 |
||
Applications for MA Recipients entering a LTC facility |
May 12, 2014 |
||
Additional Verification of UC/EUC Benefit Status |
May 7, 2014 |
||
Extended Unemployment Compensation (EUC) and data Exchange 2 |
April 16, 2014 |
||
Verification Requirements and Options |
April 1, 2014 |
||
Authorizing Medical Assistance (MA) for Refugees |
730.5, 305.1 |
March 18, 2014 |
|
Incarceration Facility Code 72 |
Not linked |
March 13, 2014 |
|
Changes in SSA Field Office Verification Services |
Revised February 20, 2014 Original January 27, 2014 |
||
Use of Health Savings Account as a Resource |
February 18, 2014 |
||
Reconsideration Period at Application and Renewal for Medical Assistance (MA) |
February 18, 2014 |
||
Self-Attestation for Verification of Pregnancy for Medical Assistance (MA) |
February 18, 2014 |
||
Updated PA 600M Insert Using 2014 Federal Poverty Income Guidelines (FPIGs) |
February 10, 2014 |
||
Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA) after the closure of Transitional Cash Assistance (TCA) |
January 27, 2014 |
||
Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment program (BCCPT) Renewal Address |
|
January 15, 2014 |
|
MAWD Premium Processing |
Not linked |
January 14, 2014 |
|
PMW-16958-316 |
November 2013 MAWD Premium Processing |
Not linked |
December 19, 2013 |
Newborns Born to a SelectPlan Mother |
311.2, 338.4
|
December 3, 2013 |
|
Counting SSI and TANF recipient income in MAGI budgets |
|
November 27, 2013 |
|
Social Security
Number Delays Due to the Shutdown |
October 2013 |
||
Federal Tax Refund Exclusion Update |
July 23, 2013 |
||
MA copay rebate checks |
July 2013 |
||
Resource Determination for Individuals without Bank Accounts |
June 2013 |
||
Unemployment Compensation and Sequestration |
Revised May 20, 2013 April 2013 |
||
LTC Facility Private Pay Rate and Coverage of Retroactive Medical Bills |
April 2013 |
||
Medical Assistance and SNAP benefits for Individuals Subject to the Five Year Bar |
Revised 04/08/13 February 2013 |
||
2013 Federal Poverty Income Guidelines |
Not linked |
January 2013 |
|
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Contractor Service Area Changes |
January 2013 |
||
Managed Care Coverage for Non-Citizens |
December 24, 2012 |
||
Semi-Annual Reporting and Renewals for October 2012 |
November 7, 2012 |
||
Inability to Pay Copayments |
September 6,2012 |
||
Lodging at Ronald McDonald House |
Revised- August 10, 2012 |
||
MA Overpayment Process Guidance |
Not linked |
May 15, 2012 |
|
Law Enforcement Requests for Information |
Not linked |
Revised May 8, 2011 July
7, 2010 |
|
PARIS Federal Match Issues |
May 1, 2012 |
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Budget Alignment issues |
April 24, 2012 |
||
Changes to Medical Assistance Copayments |
April 4, 2012 |
||
Retroactive GA-related MA and Bench Warrants |
March 19, 2012 |
||
Extension of Qualifying Individuals (QI-1s) Program |
March 19, 2012 |
||
Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Budget Alignment |
January 23, 2012 |
||
Agents of Medical Assistance (MA) Providers |
Not linked |
October 17, 2011 |
|
General Assistance for Individuals Subject to the Five Year Bar |
August 25, 2011 |
||
Procedures for Certain Waiver Programs under the Office of Long Term Living |
Not linked |
June 27, 2011 |
|
PMW-15803-316 |
Employment Verification for MAWD Eligibility Determinations |
June 6,2011
|
|
Managed Care Organization (MCO) Disenrollment for an Active Medical Assistance (MA) Recipient entering a Long Term Care (LTC) Facility |
May 25, 2011 |
||
Treatment of Income from Participating in Clinical Trials for Rare Diseases and Conditions |
May 24, 2011 |
||
Change to CHIP Contractors |
January 31, 2011 |
||
Money Follows the Person (MFP) and the Living Independence for the Elderly (LIFE) Program |
489.1 |
December 8, 2010 |
|
Procedures for HCBS Waiver Programs under the Office of Long Term Living |
389.1 |
December 1, 2010 |
|
Update on UC, EUC and EB in Pennsylvania |
August 2, 2010 |
||
Not linked |
July 12, 2010 |
||
Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization (CHIPRA) and Newborn Eligibility |
July 8, 2010 |
||
Have there been changes to the CHIP and adultBasic contractor contacts? |
July 7, 2010 |
||
MIPPA Files and Residence |
Not linked |
July 1, 2010 |
|
Eligibility and Renewal Date for a SelectPlan Budget at the End of Medical Assistance (MA) Postpartum Coverage |
May 25, 2010 |
||
0192 Waiver Notices |
389.2 |
May 13, 2010 |
|
Appeals of MIPPA Case Rejection |
Not linked |
May 12, 2010 |
|
CHIP and AdultBasic Contractor Changes |
August 13, 2010 |
||
Minimum Wage and Small Employers |
April 1, 2010 |
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Automatic Newborn Eligibility and OMAP Notification |
March 4, 2010 |
||
Adding Newborn to an Existing MA Budget |
March 4, 2010 |
||
Health Care Handshake Referrals |
Not linked |
January 13, 2010 |
|
MAWD vs. Healthy Horizons |
Not linked |
November 13, 2009 |
|
Medical Assistance (MA) and SelectPlan Eligibility Review At Conclusion of Post Partum Coverage |
November 4, 2009 |
||
MCO Coverage for an Adopted Child |
November 3, 2009 |
||
CHIP and aB Changes |
November 3, 2009 |
||
Reimbursement of Out-of-Pocket Subsidized Child Care Expenses |
October 19, 2009 |
||
CHIP Contractor Coverage Changes |
September 30, 2009 |
||
HealthCare Handshake Issues |
Not linked |
July 23, 2009 |
|
Medical Coverage Codes in CAMEDX |
July 22, 2009 |
||
Treatment of Summer Youth Program Wages |
July 7, 2009 |
||
Home and Community Based Services Application Requirements for Active Medical Assistance (MA) Recipients |
389.1 |
March 19, 2009 |
|
Simmons v. Snider Settlement Reimbursement Check |
Link pending |
December 12, 2008 |
|
Medicare Eligibility |
November 13, 2008 |
||
Individuals Receiving Social Security from Multiple Claims |
October 14, 2008 |
||
Individuals Receiving Veteran’s Benefits from Multiple Claims |
October 14, 2008 |
||
MNO Period after Leaving a Facility |
September 24, 2008 |
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Bank Account Information Request |
August 27, 2008 |
||
Use of PA-4 (Authorization for Release of Information) and Medical Assistance Eligibility |
Revised 08/11/08 |
||
Revised Tracking Form for Married HCBS Applicants |
389.4 |
July 24, 2008 |
|
Voter Registration Code Issues |
July 16, 2008 |
||
SelectPlan for Women and TD 55 NCE Periods |
July 7, 2008 |
||
Workers Compensation Medicare Set - Aside Arrangement (WCMSA) |
June 27, 2007 |
||
TAW and TJW Categories |
May 30, 2007 |
||
Title V Earnings |
June 14, 2007 |
||
Enrollment in Buy-In and Refusal of Medicare |
April 5, 2007 |
||
PDA Waiver Eligibility Notices |
389.1 |
October 10, 2006 |
|
Income of MAWD Individual/Medicaid for Other Family Members |
August 18, 2006 |
||
Pregnant Woman Refuses to Provide TPL Information |
July 27, 2006 |
||
Dual Eligible and Continuation of Coverage Beyond Coverage Limit |
May 25, 2006 |
||
Special Pharmaceutical Benefits Program |
April 26, 2006 |
||
Program Status Code 34 and SSI Child |
Not linked |
October 2, 2000 |
Updated August 12, 2021, Replacing July 20, 2021