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The PBRC Manual

The PBRC Manual is updated quarterly. Listed below is the most current quarterly update indicating all the most recent changes to the PBRC Manual. Visit the Archives tab for all previous quarterly updates provided since the third edition was first published.



July 2008 Updates


SECTION

CHAPTER

PAGE

CHANGE

Food/Nutrition

WIC – Women, Infants and Children

Page 2

July 2008  income guidelines

Food Stamps

Page 4

Updated information regarding treatment of foster care income

Page 19

Updated information regarding Voluntary Quit of employment

Pages 24 – 27

Updated information on Recertification and Reporting requirements

Page 28

Reorganization of pages

Pages 29 – 32

Updated phone numbers

Pages 33-35

Reorganization of pages

Income: Needs Based

Public Assistance

Page 54

Application/Job Profile form no longer used, new form is Statewide Common Application form

Medical Coverage

Family Health Plus

Page 5

New resource guidelines

Pages 10,11

Updated information on Recertification Process

Medicare Savings Program

Page 7

Resources are no longer an eligibility requirement, removed documentation regarding resources

Medicaid

 

Page 2

Updated information on Medicaid Cancer Treatment Program (formerly Healthy Women Partnerships/Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program)

Page 7

Revised information under LIF – Low Income Families

Page 15

Updated information regarding transfer penalty for disabled individuals 65 and over when transferring money into a pooled trust

Pages 16

Reorganization of pages

Page 17

Updated Income and Resource chart

Pages 64,65,68

Updated phone numbers

Medicare

Page 10

Physical and Occupational Therapy caps for 2008

Page 21

New Medicare Part B carrier in Queens

Pages 35,36

2008 minimums for requesting an ALJ and a civil action in a local federal district court

Page 51

New Medicare Part B Carrier for Queens

Page 53

Updated information about Medpard for new Medicare Part B Carrier in Queens

Medicare Part D:  Prescription Drug Benefit

Page 20

2008 income guidelines for Part D low income subsidy

Page 21

2008 `resource guidelines for Part D low income subsidy

 

Page 22

Updated Note to accurately reflect changes in the Medicare Savings Program, which no longer has a resource test). 

 

 

 

 

 

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