Beckett application information

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

I went to the Georgia ARC Network annual conference

this past weekend and one of the state of Ga's

Medicaid consultants, Allan Hill, gave a presentation

on the Beckett waiver. This may be old news for

some of you, but I thought I'd pass on some specific

points that were discussed:

1. If you call your DFACS office and they know

nothing about the Beckett Waiver, tell them you

want to speak to the case worker who handles ABD

(Aging, Blind, Disabilities) or the nursing home

worker. These people have been trained on this

waiver.

2. Applicants do not have to APPLY for SSI prior to

applying for Beckett....for the purposes of the

Beckett application process, the case worker

just has to determine if you are or aren't eligible

for SSI. The only time an applicant should have to

apply for SSI is if their income level is borderline

SSI eligible. Insist that the case worker do a " Trial

Budget " before you go through the hassle of applying

for SSI.

3. DMA6 Form: This form should be filled out by the

child's physician, but the parent can fill it out if

they prefer and just have the physician sign it. Most

of the information on it is info the parents have.

Remember that this waiver is more medically focused

versus psychological so be sure to include all PT, OT,

etc needs.

4. If all else fails and your DFACS office or case

worker is no help, call the Medicaid Unit for the

Division of Family Services at (you may

have to hold for awhile but this is the office that is

supposed to help you if your county DFACS office is

not).

Hope this helps,

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, GA

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