This database is currently sponsored by the Wisconsin chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Elder Law & Special Needs Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin, and Krause Financial. I thank them for their support!
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- Currently covers all decisions from 2020 to date, plus select decisions going back to 2000; I am continually adding more (447 decisions published as of 06/06/25)
- Only decisions relevant or useful to elder law attorneys are included
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Introduction: How to Research and Use Fair Hearing Decisions
Recently Published
- FCP 215775 (05/02/2025) IM processed application as Institutional instead of Waivers, benefits backdated
- MGE 215665 (03/20/2025) Over-verification was agency error, Family Care backdated
- FCP 214983 (01/24/2025) ADRC delay completing functional screen justified backdating Family Care
- MGE 214557 (01/15/2025) Family Care benefits restored after mixup between IM and MCO
- CWA 212475 (01/15/2025) IRIS not backdated, arguments re inadequate notices and late renewal policy rejected
- MAP 214590 (01/15/2025) $6,000 cap on income-producing property in MEH rejected, rental property exempt
- CWA 215749 (05/16/2025) Medicaid notices must explain right to appeal
- CWA 216742 (05/14/2025) Agency could not end Daily Living Skills services based solely on functional screen
- CWA 215300 (12/17/2024) IRIS services reduced to prevent overspending budget, a cautionary tale
- MQB 215664 (12/16/2024) Verbal request for fair hearing did not satisfy deadline
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Decisions by Issue
Note: This outline is loosely based on the Medicaid Eligibility Handbook and will be tweaked as this database matures. For now, many entries will have no related fair hearing decisions.
1 / Applications and Renewals +
2 / Nonfinancial Eligibility +
3.4 / Spousal impoverishment +