My sister has been in and out of the hospital since March 2021 and has Medicare but the last time she came home from the hospital in April, she fell and broke her foot and was put in a rehab facility. Then on May 1st they sent her home but she could not walk on it and had difficulty using wheelchair to go to the bathroom so she ended up back at the rehab facility which is where she has been since May.
Medicare quit paying in May so in order for her to stay there and get Medicaid to approve her stay, they had to redirect her SSI (retirement) to the facility.
My question if anyone knows is, if I put her pension check that she received while she was gone into her bank account, will the facility have access to it? I went over to the facility but due to restrictions I could not go to her nor could they wheel her out to me so I had to have someone bring her the check to sign over to me so I can hold it in my account for her but my bank would not accept it without her presense and ID. Not sure what to do and I do not know if there is a time limit to cash or deposit check which shows Northern Trust as the bank on the check.
I am afraid to put it in her account and then have the facility snatch it up.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
I would call the finance office and ask if there is a balance on her acct. I would also ask if on the Medicaid application if income other than SS was included.
I brought the check to them today because my sister asked them if they could take her to the bank to cash it so they called me and asked me to bring it to them to put in her trust account.