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- Currently covers all decisions from 2020 to date, plus select decisions going back to 2000; I am continually adding more (675 decisions published as of 03/18/2026)
- 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
- CWA 221317 (02/27/2026) Participant disenrolled from IRIS SDPC for failing to cooperate
- FCP 221117 (02/23/2026) Residential care in RCAC was necessary
- MGE 221661 (02/20/2026) Renewal verification received by end of month, but not processed, was sufficient
- MPA 220854 (02/17/2026) Power wheelchair upgrade denied when new chair was covered the previous year
- MKB 221000 (02/17/2026) Petitioner with autism and ADHD not disabled for Katie Beckett, no marked or severe functional limitations
- CWA 220576 (02/17/2026) DHA cannot order payment to a provider not compliant with the HCBS settings rule
- MDV 221203 (02/09/2026) Transfers to son were divestments, no records to show that funds were used for mother
- CWK 221161 (02/09/2026) CLTS respite care did not pay co-parent in same household
- CWK 220881 (02/06/2026) CLTS agency erred in denying functional eligibility, failed to meet burden of proof
- BCS 221175 (02/04/2026) MAPP benefits restored after improper notice of DDB decision
- HMO 220800 (02/02/2026) Personal care worker services not medically necessary if assistive devices sufficient
- CWA 220708 (02/02/2026) Improved condition resulted in reduced IRIS budget, fewer home-delivered meals
- MGE 220279 (01/28/2026) DHA lacked authority when petitioner had moved out of state
- MGE 220385 (01/26/2026) Family Care not backdated for six-week processing time
- MGE 220307 (01/12/2026) ACCESS application did not ask about long-term care, petitioner failed to get functional screen
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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 +