[Md-sligo] {Disarmed} FW: Employed Individuals with Disabilities (EID) Program

Tue Apr 2 12:35:17 UTC 2013

	Employed Individuals with Disabilities (EID) Program

	About to Get Better!

	The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has
announced regulation changes
	set to take effect April 1, 2013 that will make the Employed
Individuals with Disabilities
	(EID) Program more customer-friendly. EID is a work incentive
that qualifies working
	Marylanders with disabilities for Medicaid (Medical Assistance)
benefits. Medicaid
	provides comprehensive health coverage for people who have no
other insurance; it
	supplements private insurance; and it eliminates out-of-pocket
costs for people 
	who also have Medicare, saving them thousands of dollars a year.
The program charges
	monthly premiums on a sliding scale ranging from $0 - $55.

	Basic eligibility for EID will not change. To qualify, a person
must:

	* Have a disability that meets Social Security's medical
definition of disability
	(including someone who receives Social Security Disability
benefits, who has lost
	Social Security Disability benefits due to work, who has lost
SSI benefits because
	of too much income or resources, or who has never qualified for
benefits due to 
	earnings).
	* Be a U. S. citizen or "qualified alien."
	* Be 18 - 64 years old.
	* Be working for pay.
	* Meet the income limit (as high as $69,972/year for an
individual and $94,092/year
	for a married couple).
	* Meet the resource limit ($10,000 for an individual and $15,000
for a married couple).
	Resources include cash, bank accounts, investments, etc.; they
do not include certain
	retirement accounts, motor vehicles and the person's primary
residence.

	The regulation changes will improve the EID Program in three
ways:

	1. A person who is enrolled in EID can keep Medicaid for up to 6
months if she or
	he loses employment or is out of work for medical reasons. The
individual needs 
	to continue to pay monthly premiums to remain enrolled (though
in some cases, the
	premium may be lower because his or her income is reduced due to
loss of wages).
	The new rule is a major boon to people who become unemployed,
sick or injured after
	enrolling in EID, giving them up to 6 months to find other work
or recover their
	health without losing essential medical insurance. The old rule
(in effect until
	April 1, when the new rule begins) required enrollees to remain
continuously employed
	to keep Medicaid.
	2. Monthly premiums will be waived for up to the first 6 months
a person is enrolled,
	from the month of application until the month before the
application is approved.
	As long as the person does not cause undue delays in application
processing (such
	as by failing to send required documents to determine
eligibility), she or he does
	not need to pay premiums until the month the application is
approved. His or her
	Medicaid will still be retroactive to the application month,
however. Under the
	old rule (which ends April 1), a new enrollee needed to pay
monthly premiums retroactive
	to the application month. This often posed a hardship, as it
required new enrollees
	to pay for multiple months of premiums all at once.
	3. The resource (asset) limit for married couples will increase
to $15,000 (from
	$10,000). The resource limit for an unmarried individual will
remain $10,000.

	"The EID Program offers powerful support for work for
Marylanders with disabilities,"
	commented Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Secretary Dr.
Joshua M. Sharfstein.
	"The program helps people with disabilities to keep Medicaid and
all the essential
	services it provides."

	Maryland Department of Disabilities Secretary Catherine A.
Raggio added, "EID already
	helps over 700 Marylanders remain in the workforce. I applaud
DHMH for these improvements
	to the program, which will help even more people with
disabilities to get and keep
	employment."

	For more information about EID or for help applying, please see
http://mmcp.dhmh.maryland.gov/eid/SitePages/Home.aspx.

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	CONTACT
	Andrea Thomas Harrison
	Maryland Department of Disabilities
	410-767-3654
	TTY: 410-767-3660
	aharrison at mdod.state.md.us [mailto:aharrison at mdod.state.md.us]

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Employed Individuals with Disabilities (EID) Program  

About to Get Better!

The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has announced
regulation changes set to take effect April 1, 2013 that will make the
Employed Individuals with Disabilities (EID) Program more
customer-friendly.  EID is a work incentive that qualifies working
Marylanders with disabilities for Medicaid (Medical Assistance)
benefits. Medicaid provides comprehensive health coverage for people who
have no other insurance; it supplements private insurance; and it
eliminates out-of-pocket costs for people who also have Medicare, saving
them thousands of dollars a year.  The program charges monthly premiums
on a sliding scale ranging from $0 - $55.

Basic eligibility for EID will not change. To qualify, a person must:

*	Have a disability that meets Social Security's medical
definition of disability (including someone who receives Social Security
Disability benefits, who has lost Social Security Disability benefits
due to work, who has lost SSI benefits because of too much income or
resources, or who has never qualified for benefits due to earnings).
*	Be a U. S. citizen or "qualified alien."
*	Be 18 - 64 years old.
*	Be working for pay.
*	Meet the income limit (as high as $69,972/year for an individual
and $94,092/year for a married couple).
*	Meet the resource limit ($10,000 for an individual and $15,000
for a married couple). Resources include cash, bank accounts,
investments, etc.; they do not include certain retirement accounts,
motor vehicles and the person's primary residence.

The regulation changes will improve the EID Program in three ways:

1.	A person who is enrolled in EID can keep Medicaid for up to 6
months if she or he loses employment or is out of work for medical
reasons. The individual needs to continue to pay monthly premiums to
remain enrolled (though in some cases, the premium may be lower because
his or her income is reduced due to loss of wages). The new rule is a
major boon to people who become unemployed, sick or injured after
enrolling in EID, giving them up to 6 months to find other work or
recover their health without losing essential medical insurance. The old
rule (in effect until April 1, when the new rule begins) required
enrollees to remain continuously employed to keep Medicaid.
2.	Monthly premiums will be waived for up to the first 6 months a
person is enrolled, from the month of application until the month before
the application is approved. As long as the person does not cause undue
delays in application processing (such as by failing to send required
documents to determine eligibility), she or he does not need to pay
premiums until the month the application is approved. His or her
Medicaid will still be retroactive to the application month, however.
Under the old rule (which ends April 1), a new enrollee needed to pay
monthly premiums retroactive to the application month. This often posed
a hardship, as it required new enrollees to pay for multiple months of
premiums all at once.
3.	The resource (asset) limit for married couples will increase to
$15,000 (from $10,000). The resource limit for an unmarried individual
will remain $10,000.

"The EID Program offers powerful support for work for Marylanders with
disabilities," commented Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Secretary Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein.  "The program helps people with
disabilities to keep Medicaid and all the essential services it
provides."

Maryland Department of Disabilities Secretary Catherine A. Raggio added,
"EID already helps over 700 Marylanders remain in the workforce. I
applaud DHMH for these improvements to the program, which will help even
more people with disabilities to get and keep employment."

For more information about EID or for help applying, please see
http://mmcp.dhmh.maryland.gov/eid/SitePages/Home.aspx.
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