If a change results in the claimant no longer being eligible for Medical Assistance on a non-spend down basis, the case must be changed to spend down effective the first day of the month following the month the change is entered in the IMU5 system. NEVER CLOSE an MA case in order to change it to spend down. Use the following procedure to change the MA case to spend down:
- Send an Advance Notice of Adverse Action (IM-80) notifying the claimant they will become spend down the month after the IM-80 expires.
- After the IM-80 expires, change the case to MA-spend down with a Title XIX begin date of the first date of the next month.
- When the change is entered in the system send a Notice of Case Action (IM-33) to notify the claimant of the change.
- The day after the change is entered DMS will send the claimant an initial invoice for the first month of the case is eligible on a spend down basis.
Note: The same procedures are used to change an MA-WD premium or non-premium case to MA spend down. DO NOT CLOSE AN MA-WD CASE AND REGISTER A NEW APPLICATION TO CHANGE THE CASE MA spend down.