DHA Case No. FCP 208218 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals June 12, 2023) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF Cost share reductions are effective the month of the change report, even if the actual change in income or expense was earlier. In this case, the petitioner enrolled in Family Care with a cost share effective November […] Read more
Tag: 5.05.8 Groups and cost sharing
DHA Case No. CWA 208193 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals October 2, 2023) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF When DHS increases a member’s cost share, it has the burden of proof on appeal. In this rather messy case, it was clear that the cost share should have been lower but it was not clear whose […] Read more
DHA Case No. MPC-13/78330 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals November 1, 2006) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF In Community Waivers cases, countable income is first used in eligibility determinations to place an applicant into a group; then the post-eligibility cost share is calculated based on the formula for that group. In this case, the petitioner’s […] Read more
DHA Case No. FCP 155113 (Wis. Div. of Hearings and Appeals May 14, 2014) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF The issue in this case was whether overnight caregiver costs counted as a remedial expense, which could be deducted from income before determining the cost share. The agency argued these could not be a remedial expense, relying […] Read more
DHA Case No. FCP 197076 (Wis. Div. Hearings and Appeals Feb. 28, 2020) (DHS) ↓ Download PDF In this case, the petitioner had a life estate in two properties, one in California and one in Wisconsin. Both were rented. But Dane County DHS did not reduce the petitioner’s cost share to allow her to pay […] Read more