This article is a section taken from Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP), a part of the revisions and additions to the Minnesota Health Care Program Eligibility Policy Manual.

Medical Assistance (MA)Benefit Recovery

State and federal funds pay for Medical Assistance (MA). The State of Minnesota uses several ways to recover the cost of health care benefits provided to enrollees. This is called benefit recovery.

Enrollees may be subject to the following types of benefit recovery depending on their eligibility basis and the type of services they receive:

MA-ABD Annuities

MA Cost-Effective Insurance

MA Estate Recovery

MA Liens

MA Medical Support

MHCP Overpayments

MA-ABD Pooled Trusts

CREDIT: The content of this post has been copied or adopted from the Minnesota Healthcare Programs Eligibility Policy Manual, originally published by the Minnesota Department of Human Services.

This is also part of a series of posts on Minnesota Healthcare Eligibility Policies.