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THE $40,000 PAID BY DECEDENT TO HER CAREGIVERS SHORTLY BEFORE DECEDENT ENTERED A NURSING HOME WAS PAYMENT FOR PAST SERVICES RENDERED PURSUANT TO A PERSONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT (PSA); IT WAS NOT AN “UNCOMPENSATED TRANSFER” SUBJECT TO THE 60-MONTH LOOKBACK FOR MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY (FOURTH DEPT). ​

The Fourth Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the $40,000 paid to decedent’s caregivers shortly before decedent entered a nursing home was pursuant to a valid personal service agreement (PSA) for past services rendered. Therefore the payment was not an “uncompensated transfer” to which the Medicaid 60-month lookback applied:

“In determining the medical assistance eligibility of an institutionalized individual, any transfer of an asset by the individual . . . for less than fair market value made within or after the look-back period shall render the individual ineligible for nursing facility services” for a certain penalty period (Social Services Law § 366 [5] [d] [3]). The look-back period is the “[60]-month period[] immediately preceding the date that an [applicant] is both institutionalized and has applied for medical assistance” … . When such a transfer has occurred, a presumption arises that the transfer “was motivated, in part if not in whole, by . . . anticipation of a future need to qualify for medical assistance,” and it is the applicant’s burden to establish his or her eligibility for Medicaid by rebutting the presumption … . As pertinent here, “an applicant may do so by demonstrating that he or she intended to receive fair consideration for the transfers or that the transfers were made exclusively for purposes other than qualifying for Medicaid” … .

Here, petitioner submitted documentary proof of the PSA, which was entered into in 2015, more than three years before decedent entered the nursing home. As noted above, while the PSA contemplated monthly payments for the personal care services, it also contemplated that decedent may make payments in advance. In addition, petitioner submitted bank statements demonstrating that decedent did not have money to pay for the services until after she received cash value for the insurance policies. Petitioner also submitted a monthly calendar that documented the care provided to decedent during the relevant time period. While the calendar did not provide the number of hours spent on each task, “a daily log of hours worked and services rendered is not necessarily required” … . Matter of Boldt v New York State Off. of Temporary & Disability Assistance, 2022 NY Slip Op 06344, Fourth Dept 11-10-22

Practice Point: Here decedent entered a personal care agreement (PSA) in which she agreed to pay her caregivers $2500 per month. Shortly before decedent was admitted to a nursing home she paid $40,000 to the caregivers. It was demonstrated that the $40,000 was for past care rendered pursuant to the PSA. The $40,000 payment, therefore, was not an “uncompensated transfer” subject to the 60-month lookback for Medicaid eligibility.

 

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