My grandfather was recently approved for Medicaid. It took 8 months and he has been in a nursing facility since the beginning of the process, he no longer drives or even walks. This car (2004 Hundai Accent, poor condition, no longer runs) has been parked in front of my residence these past 8 months and now my HOA is VERY eager for the vehicle to be removed ASAP. I do not want to do anything to jeopardize the Medicaid. Does anyone have any suggestions on the best steps to take in order to get rid of the vehicle in accordance with Medicaid requirements? What kind of valuation method and proof does Medicaid require?
There are places that you can sell the car (people who buy scrap metal) and get some cash for it. You may want to check with medicaid and see if he's allowed to do this. You could put the cash aside for your grandfather so he can have some spending money for things at the nursing home.
If you can't do it, then I would look into charities that will accept a car as a donation. I know not too far from me, that there is a home for troubled young men that accepts non working cars as donations-They teach the boys how to get a car running again and they resell the cars to the community. The cash earned from that goes towards the running and expenses occurred at the boys home.
The car was mentioned in the application, but it ran at the time, well at least the one time i turned it on and drove it to my house (that was an experience in itself!). Also, I did not know there are caseworkers assigned, although that makes sense. I am the PoA so I will try calling both and see what I find out. Thank you again.
If the car is not mentioned in the application, then scrap it or sell as is. Put the money aside for when Gpa needs something like new clothes.
Make sure u remove the tags and return them to DMV.
Call the Dept of Health and Human Services and ask to talk to someone about this Medicaid issue. They will give you a definitive answer (not sure they will talk to someone who is not his PoA, but you can pose this as a "theoretical" question). Sounds like the car's KBB value is probs $0.
If he didn't list it on his application I would put it on craigslist and take cash for it then deposit that money into your grampa's Resident Trust account at the NH. Medicaid is ok with using funds for this. No penalty.