WAG 06-10-07: Registering an MPE Application

  1. (FCRC/All Kids Unit) Date stamp the MPE application.
  2. (FCRC/All Kids Unit) Review the application for completeness. A complete MPE application is from a qualified MPE provider and contains the applicant's signature, the MPE provider's signature, the MPE provider number, and the MPE application date.
  3. (FCRC/All Kids Unit) Review the clearances to determine if the applicant has an active medical case or an application pending for medical assistance.
  4. (FCRC/All Kids Unit) Do not register an MPE application for a client in an active medical case, including spenddown (see WAG 06-10-11).
  5. (FCRC/All Kids Unit) Always register an MPE application on the day it is received, as a mail-in application, answering Y to "Is this an application for Healthy Start-Medicaid Presumptive Eligibility (MPE)?"
  6. (FCRC/All Kids Unit) Enter the total income, household size, and provider number.
  7. (FCRC/All Kids Unit) If the applicant does not have another pending medical application, use the MPE application date as the date of application and as the MPE start date.
  8. (FCRC/All Kids Unit) If the applicant is pending on another medical application, use the application date of the pending application as the MPE start date.