Medicaid applied for Jan. 8, 2013. Later received bills for hospital, etc. services rendered in August, September and November 2012. Since the draw-down of her funds, she doesn't have the money to pay these. Will Medicaid pay for them since the bills were received after the application?
Past Unpaid Medical Bills
Past unpaid medical bills may be used to meet your excess income amount even if they are old, as long as they are still viable, meaning that the medical provider is still able to bring a legal action to collect them. These bills may be applied to meet your excess income indefinitely into the future.
Example: You have a hospital bill from four years ago and received a collection notice from the hospital this year. The bill is for $2,000. Your excess income is $200. You may submit this bill to meet your excess income for six consecutive months. After the six months is over, if the provider is still trying to collect on the bill, you can continue to use the balance of the bill for four more consecutive months.