If a change results in the claimant’s spend down amount increasing, the change is effective with the second month following the month the Advance Notice of Adverse Action (IM-80) expires. The reason for this is DMS will have already been sent the claimant an invoice for the month following the month the IM-80 expires. In some cases the claimant may have already paid-in for the next month.
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