Through the Estate Recovery Program the state seeks repayment for certain long term care services paid for by Medicaid on behalf of recipients.
Recovery is made from the estates of recipients and from liens placed on their homes.
The money recovered is returned to the Medicaid Program. It is used to provide care for others in need. The Estate Recovery Program applies mainly to recipients of long term care services. Long term care services include nursing home services and Medicaid community-based waiver services. To recover some of that money to provide services for other Medicaid recipients, Congress and the State Legislature passed the Estate Recovery Program laws.