The Ohio Home Care Waiver (OHCW) is the Medicaid waiver for Ohioans from birth through age 59 who need nursing-facility-level care at home. It is a federal section 1915(c) home and community-based services waiver administered by the Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) under Ohio Administrative Code Chapters 5160-44, 5160-45, and 5160-46. For an adult under 60 with a condition like multiple sclerosis, a spinal cord injury, or a stroke, it is often the main Medicaid route to long-term in-home care instead of a nursing facility. An enrollee is disenrolled no later than 120 calendar days after their 60th birthday and is offered the opportunity to transition to the PASSPORT waiver if all of that program's eligibility criteria are met, so OHCW fills the operational gap between pediatric Medicaid coverage and PASSPORT eligibility at 60.

This guide is the operational deep-dive on OHCW, distinct from the Ohio HCBS waivers overview, the Ohio PASSPORT deep-dive, and the Ohio Medicaid application procedural guide. It covers eligibility in detail, how OHCW differs structurally from PASSPORT, the common entry points, the service package and the limits on it, consumer direction under OAC Chapter 5160-44, what a participant keeps toward living costs, the age-60 transition, and appeals.

Key Takeaways

  • OHCW is the Ohio HCBS waiver for adults from birth through age 59 with non-developmental disabilities. Authority: OAC Chapter 5160-46. It is administered by ODM under OAC Chapters 5160-44, 5160-45, and 5160-46, not by the Ohio Department of Aging (ODA).
  • Eligibility: birth through age 59, eligible for Ohio Medicaid (under OAC Chapters 5160:1-1 to 5160:1-6), and determined to have a nursing-facility-based level of care (intermediate or skilled) through the OAC Chapter 5160-45 comprehensive assessment. For institutional and HCBS-waiver Medicaid, the 2026 financial test is income at or below the Special Income Level of $2,982 per month (300 percent of the SSI federal benefit rate) and countable resources at or below $2,000 for a single applicant.
  • OHCW is not for developmental disabilities. Adults with intellectual disability, autism, cerebral palsy, or other developmental disabilities use the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD) waivers (Individual Options, Level One, SELF) through the County Board of Developmental Disabilities, not OHCW.
  • The service package is set by OAC 5160-46-06 and includes personal care aide, home care attendant, waiver nursing, home-delivered meals, home modification, structured family caregiving, personal emergency response, respite, and supplemental adaptive devices and vehicle modification (each limited to $10,000 per calendar year, though ODM or its designee may approve adaptive-device spending above that limit when there is a documented need).
  • Consumer direction is available: personal care aide service may be furnished by a non-agency direct care worker, and parents of minor children, spouses, and relatives with legal decision-making authority may be paid only through the conditional pathway in OAC 5160-44-32. See /caregiver/ohio/consumer-direction.
  • The individual cost limit for waiver services is $14,700 per month. Community transition, home maintenance and chore, home modification, self-directed goods and services, supplemental adaptive and assistive devices, and vehicle modification are excluded from that limit, and ongoing costs may exceed it if ODM approves.
  • At age 60, the participant is disenrolled within 120 days and offered transition to PASSPORT if all of PASSPORT's eligibility criteria are met.

In This Guide

Who the Ohio Home Care Waiver Serves

The Ohio Home Care Waiver serves Ohioans from birth through age 59 with disabilities that produce a nursing-facility-based level of care need. The most common participant profiles include:

  • Progressive neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis, ALS, Huntington's disease, and Parkinson's-plus syndromes.
  • Spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury (non-developmental), stroke, or major cardiac events that leave persistent functional limitations. Here OHCW is often the bridge between acute rehabilitation and longer-term community living.
  • Complex chronic medical conditions such as advanced kidney disease on dialysis, severe COPD, or severe rheumatologic disease producing functional dependence.
  • Children and adolescents with qualifying disabilities, since the waiver covers participants from birth.

Most participants live with family, with informal caregivers, or alone with substantial paid support, and the waiver is what makes that possible instead of nursing facility placement.

How OHCW Differs From PASSPORT

OHCW and PASSPORT serve different ages and run on different administrative tracks. The differences below are the ones that change where a family applies and who assesses the applicant.

Dimension Ohio Home Care Waiver (OHCW) PASSPORT
Age served Birth through age 59 Age 60 or older
Administering agency Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) Ohio Department of Aging (ODA)
Governing rules OAC Chapters 5160-44, 5160-45, 5160-46 OAC Chapter 5160-31
Case management ODM-designated case management contractor ODA's designees
Eligibility instrument OAC 5160-45-01(N) comprehensive assessment, arranged by ODM's case management contractor Level-of-care determination arranged through ODA's designees

The most-misunderstood point is administration. OHCW is an ODM-administered waiver: case management is provided by a case management contractor that ODM designates, which may be a contracted case management agency, a MyCare Ohio plan, or ODM itself, and OHCW claims are submitted to and paid by ODM. The rule does not name which entity holds that contract in any given region, so ask ODM or the Ohio Medicaid Consumer Hotline who your case management contractor is rather than assuming it is the local Area Agency on Aging that runs PASSPORT. Eligibility and level of care are determined by the OAC 5160-45-01(N) comprehensive assessment, an evaluation of long-term service and support needs used to set level of care and enrollment eligibility. Both programs measure nursing facility level of care against the same standard in OAC 5160-3-08; what differs is who administers the waiver and arranges the assessment.

Younger-adult disability also intersects with work and school more often than the older-adult PASSPORT population does, so OHCW participants frequently work with Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD), the state vocational rehabilitation agency, and the service plan can be arranged around a work or class schedule.

Do You Qualify? Eligibility in Detail

Age

The participant must be from birth through age 59. An enrollee is disenrolled from OHCW no later than 120 calendar days after their 60th birthday and is offered the opportunity to transition to PASSPORT if all of that program's eligibility criteria are met.

Nursing Facility Level of Care

The applicant must be determined to have a nursing-facility-based level of care, intermediate or skilled, in accordance with OAC 5160-3-08, using the OAC 5160-45-01(N) comprehensive assessment. This is the same federal standard the section 1915(c) authority uses: a person who, in the absence of the waiver, would require hospitalization or institutionalization in a nursing facility.

To enroll and stay enrolled, the participant must meet one of two service-need tests: either need and agree to receive at least one waiver service each month that is not otherwise available from another source, or need continuous nursing services longer than four hours, plus at least one waiver service annually, plus monthly monitoring of health and welfare through a combination of telephone and in-person contacts with the case manager. The second test matters for participants whose care is dominated by skilled nursing rather than by a monthly waiver service; do not read a light month of waiver service use as automatic disenrollment.

Residency and Setting

The applicant must be an Ohio resident living in a community setting (home, apartment, or a family member's home). OHCW does not serve nursing facility or residential-care-facility residents, though an applicant transitioning from a hospital or nursing facility can apply in anticipation of community discharge.

Financial Eligibility

OHCW uses the Ohio Medicaid institutional and HCBS financial framework. For 2026:

  • Income at or below the Special Income Level of $2,982 per month (300 percent of the SSI federal benefit rate) for a single applicant. An applicant whose income exceeds that limit must establish a Qualified Income Trust, also called a Miller Trust, under OAC 5160:1-6-03.2.
  • Countable resources at or below $2,000 for a single applicant ($3,000 if both spouses apply); spousal impoverishment rules protect a community spouse's share.
  • No improper transfer of assets in the 60-month look-back before the baseline date, under OAC 5160:1-6-06.
  • Home equity at or below the 2026 federal limit of $752,000.

Financial planning for a younger adult often differs from older-adult PASSPORT planning: some applicants have minimal resources because disability has affected income for years, while others hold personal-injury settlement proceeds that need a special needs trust under 42 U.S.C. 1396p(d)(4) to avoid disqualifying resources. See /medicaid/ohio/eligibility-income-limits.

How People Enter OHCW

Unlike PASSPORT, where the typical entry is a family member calling about a parent's functional decline, OHCW entries follow four distinct patterns:

  • Hospital discharge. After a stroke, spinal cord injury, or severe cardiac event, the discharge planner or rehabilitation social worker often initiates the OHCW application as part of community discharge planning, with informal caregiving filling the gaps while the financial application processes.
  • An SSI or SSDI claim. Ohio has been a 1634 state since August 1, 2016, so an approved Supplemental Security Income (SSI) claim carries Ohio Medicaid eligibility with it. A claim representative or the County Department of Job and Family Services (CDJFS) may then refer the applicant to OHCW for supports beyond standard Medicaid coverage.
  • Vocational rehabilitation referral. Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) case managers working with clients on employment goals often identify OHCW eligibility and refer the client to ODM or the case management contractor.
  • Family-initiated. Families caring for an adult son, daughter, sibling, or spouse with a disability often find OHCW through support groups or peer networks, then call the Ohio Medicaid Consumer Hotline at 1-800-324-8680, whose staff help complete an application.

What the Ohio Home Care Waiver Covers

The Ohio Home Care Waiver service package is set by OAC 5160-46-06 and reimbursed directly by ODM. The named services include:

  • Personal care aide service for help with activities of daily living (bathing, dressing, transferring, toileting, eating) and instrumental tasks. It may be delivered by an agency aide or, under consumer-directed care, by a non-agency direct care worker.
  • Home care attendant service, a distinct named service for participants who direct their own care.
  • Waiver nursing.
  • Home-delivered meals for participants who cannot prepare meals safely.
  • Home maintenance and chore service.
  • Home modification such as ramps, doorway widening, bathroom modifications, and stair lifts.
  • Community integration and community transition services.
  • Structured family caregiving, a named OHCW service.
  • Adult day health center service.
  • Personal emergency response systems (PERS).
  • Out-of-home respite to relieve a primary informal caregiver. For deeper guidance on Ohio respite options, see /caregiver/ohio/respite-care.
  • Supplemental transportation.
  • Supplemental adaptive and assistive devices, limited to a combined total of $10,000 within a calendar year under OAC 5160-46-11. That limit is not absolute: the same rule lets ODM or its designee approve device services above it when there is a documented need.
  • Vehicle modification, with service authorization limited to $10,000 per calendar year under OAC 5160-46-09. That rule carries no documented-need exception.

The supplemental adaptive-device and vehicle-modification services are two of the most operationally valuable features of OHCW for participants with significant equipment needs. When a needed device costs more than the $10,000 annual device limit, the first move is to document the need and ask the case management contractor to seek ODM approval above the limit, not to assume the item has to wait for next year. Vehicle modification has no such exception, so a large vehicle project genuinely does have to be sequenced across calendar years.

Consumer Direction

Personal care aide service may be furnished by a non-agency direct care worker, which is how OHCW participants pay a family member to provide care. Parents of minor children, spouses, and relatives appointed legal decision-making authority for the individual may serve as a paid direct care worker only in accordance with the conditional pathway in OAC 5160-44-32. For the operational mechanics, see /caregiver/ohio/consumer-direction.

Patient Liability and the Personal Needs Allowance

A participant with income contributes part of it toward the cost of care (patient liability), but the post-eligibility budget first preserves a personal needs allowance. For someone on OHCW, that allowance is the Special Individual Maintenance Needs Allowance (SIMNA), which OAC 5160:1-6-07.1 sets at 65 percent of the special income level. For 2026 ODM publishes the SIMNA as $1,939 per month, effective January 1, 2026, and if the participant has earned income, up to another $65 of that income is subtracted as well.

Do not apply the $75 figure that circulates for Ohio nursing facility residents. That $75 is the institutional personal needs allowance under OAC 5160:1-6-07, and it governs post-eligibility budgeting for people living in a medical institution. The two allowances answer different questions: the institutional figure is pocket money for someone whose room, board, and care the facility already covers, while the SIMNA is what an OHCW participant keeps toward rent, utilities, food, and personal needs while living in the community. A participant who later moves onto the assisted living waiver gets a third figure, the Assisted Living Maintenance Needs Allowance, equal to the SSI federal benefit rate of $994 per month for 2026.

The Plan-of-Care Cost Limit

Ohio sets an individual cost limit for OHCW waiver services of $14,700 per month, under OAC 5160-46-02(B)(9). Six services are excluded from that limit: community transition, home maintenance and chore, home modification, self-directed goods and services, supplemental adaptive and assistive devices, and vehicle modification. The ongoing cost of waiver services in the person-centered services plan may not exceed the limit unless ODM approves.

Two things follow when a family is building a plan. First, equipment, home modification, and vehicle modification do not count against the monthly limit, so spreading them across plan years does nothing to free up room under it; sequencing is a question about the separate $10,000 annual limits, not about the cost limit. Second, what does count is the recurring core of the plan, including personal care aide hours, waiver nursing, home-delivered meals, adult day health center service, and respite. A participant whose recurring care prices out above $14,700 a month should ask the case management contractor to document the need and seek ODM approval to exceed the limit, rather than treating a trimmed plan as the last word.

The limit sits inside the federal cost-neutrality framework governing every section 1915(c) waiver: under 42 U.S.C. 1396n(c)(2)(D), the state must show CMS that average waiver participant costs do not exceed the average cost of nursing facility care for the equivalent population. When community supports genuinely cannot meet a participant's needs within it, the alternatives are the assisted living waiver or nursing facility care.

How the Age-60 Transition to PASSPORT Works

When an OHCW participant turns 60, they are disenrolled from OHCW no later than 120 calendar days after the birthday and are offered the opportunity to transition to PASSPORT if all of PASSPORT's eligibility criteria are met, under OAC 5160-31-03. Read that condition carefully: the transition is an offer contingent on qualifying for the receiving waiver, not an automatic rollover. Most of the change is administrative, since administration shifts from ODM to the Ohio Department of Aging and the service plan is rebuilt on PASSPORT's rules, but the participant still has to meet PASSPORT's criteria to land there. Families should start tracking the timeline well before the 60th birthday, because the 120-day window is the period in which the transition has to be arranged.

If community supports cannot safely meet the participant's needs before 60, the next step depends on circumstances. A participant who moves to a Medicaid-participating licensed residential care facility uses the assisted living waiver under OAC Chapter 5160-33; see /medicaid/ohio/assisted-living-waiver. A participant whose clinical needs exceed both community and assisted-living capacity uses nursing facility Medicaid; see /care-types/ohio/nursing-homes.

How OHCW Relates to MyCare Ohio

Ohio's integrated managed-care program for people who have both full Medicaid and Medicare is Next Generation MyCare. It is open to people age 21 or older who have full Medicaid plus Medicare Parts A, B, and D, and it replaced the prior MyCare Ohio demonstration as of January 1, 2026. For most OHCW participants under 65 who do not yet have Medicare, MyCare does not apply. A participant who gains Medicare through Social Security Disability Insurance or End-Stage Renal Disease can become a full-dual eligible and may enroll where the program is available. On the SSDI route, premium-free Part A begins with the twenty-fifth month of SSDI entitlement, so plan on that timing rather than on the date the disability claim is approved.

In plan year 2026, three plans are available statewide to new members (Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, CareSource, and Molina Healthcare of Ohio); Buckeye Health Plan is not an option for new members in the program for plan year 2026. ODM rolled out Next Generation MyCare in 29 counties on January 1, 2026 and is expanding it statewide from April through August 2026.

How to Appeal a Denial

OHCW applicants and participants who are denied initial eligibility, denied a service plan request, terminated, or facing a service reduction have State Hearing appeal rights. Under 42 CFR 431.221(d), a state must allow a reasonable time to request a hearing, not to exceed 90 days from the date the notice of action is mailed. That 90 days is a ceiling on the window a state may allow, not a floor you are guaranteed, and a shorter state deadline is enforceable against you. Go by the deadline printed on your own notice of action. File with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services at 1-866-635-3748, online at jfs.ohio.gov, in writing, or in person at the CDJFS. For a service-reduction or termination notice, requesting the hearing before the action's effective date keeps benefits at the prior level until a decision is rendered after the hearing, under 42 CFR 431.230, unless the sole issue is one of federal or state law or policy. A request made after the effective date does not trigger that continuation, though 42 CFR 431.231 lets the agency reinstate services when the hearing is requested not more than 10 days after the date of action.,

For complex appeals (disability determination disputes, equipment authorization denials), Disability Rights Ohio is the federally designated protection-and-advocacy organization for Ohio with statewide jurisdiction on disability-related Medicaid issues. The Ohio Legal Help network can direct a family to free local legal aid.

What OHCW Does Not Cover

OHCW does not pay for the following, which fall outside the OAC 5160-46-06 waiver service package:

  • Room and board in any setting, including assisted living; the participant lives in their own or a family member's home and no housing cost is covered.
  • Custodial nursing facility care, which is institutional Medicaid.
  • Acute medical care, prescription drugs, or physician services, which are standard Medicaid.
  • Services Medicare covers for dual eligibles, where Medicare is primary.
  • Vocational rehabilitation services available through OOD, which are funded separately.

Operational Mistakes Families Make

  1. Confusing OHCW with PASSPORT, or with the DODD waivers. Birth through 59 is OHCW; 60 or older is PASSPORT. A developmental disability (one manifesting before age 22) goes to DODD through the County Board of Developmental Disabilities. The wrong pipeline produces months of delay.
  2. Missing the SSI Medicaid pathway. Ohio has been a 1634 state since August 1, 2016, so an approved SSI claim carries Medicaid eligibility with it; a separate Medicaid application is sometimes filed unnecessarily.
  3. Treating the $10,000 device limit as final. ODM or its designee can approve adaptive-device services above it on a documented need, so a family that stops at the figure may accept inadequate equipment it did not have to accept.
  4. Budgeting the wrong personal needs allowance. An OHCW participant living at home keeps the $1,939 SIMNA, not the $75 institutional figure.
  5. Failing to use consumer-directed care. A parent, sibling, or adult child doing uncompensated caregiving can often be paid through a non-agency direct care worker arrangement.
  6. Not planning for settlement proceeds. A personal-injury settlement or inheritance can be held in a special needs trust to preserve eligibility.
  7. Not tracking the age-60 transition, which has to be arranged inside the 120-day window and depends on qualifying for PASSPORT.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I apply for OHCW?

Call the Ohio Medicaid Consumer Hotline at 1-800-324-8680 to begin. An applicant with a prior SSI or SSDI determination already has the disability documentation; one without may need a state disability determination, which adds time. The clinical track is the comprehensive assessment that determines nursing facility level of care, and the financial application runs in parallel through the County Department of Job and Family Services. See /medicaid/ohio/how-to-apply.

What is the difference between OHCW and the DODD waivers?

OHCW serves people from birth through age 59 with non-developmental disabilities, and its intake is through ODM. The DODD waivers (Individual Options, Level One, SELF) serve people with developmental disabilities, conditions that manifest before age 22 with substantial functional limitations, and intake runs through the County Board of Developmental Disabilities. Filing the wrong application produces months of delay, so if you are unsure, call both intakes and ask for routing help.

Can family members be paid through OHCW?

Yes, through consumer-directed care. Personal care aide service may be furnished by a non-agency direct care worker, so the participant can hire a family member as the paid worker. Parents of minor children, spouses, and relatives with legal decision-making authority may serve as a paid direct care worker only through the conditional pathway in OAC 5160-44-32. For the operational mechanics, see /caregiver/ohio/consumer-direction.

Can my child stay on OHCW as they grow into adulthood?

Yes. OHCW serves participants from birth through age 59, so a child on OHCW continues into adulthood without aging out until 60. The service plan adjusts as needs and goals change, and transition planning around ages 16 to 22 often coordinates with Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities on employment and adult-services pathways.

Can OHCW pay for a wheelchair-accessible van?

OHCW covers a vehicle-modification service, with service authorization limited to $10,000 per calendar year under OAC 5160-46-09, which can fund modifications such as a wheelchair lift or specialized seating installed in a family vehicle. The full purchase price of a wheelchair-accessible van itself is typically beyond that scope. Unlike the adaptive-device limit, the vehicle-modification rule carries no documented-need exception, so a larger project has to be sequenced across calendar years.

How does OHCW work with SSI or SSDI?

Ohio has been a 1634 state since August 1, 2016, so an approved SSI claim carries Ohio Medicaid eligibility with it. SSDI does not directly confer Medicaid eligibility, but many SSDI recipients become Medicaid-eligible through other pathways. OHCW eligibility builds on the underlying Medicaid eligibility plus the nursing facility level-of-care requirement, so the OHCW application can sometimes proceed in parallel with a pending federal disability claim, with final approval waiting on the federal determination.

What happens to OHCW if the participant moves to a nursing facility?

OHCW enrollment ends when the participant moves to a nursing facility on a long-term basis, and the participant transitions to institutional Medicaid. Short hospital and rehabilitation stays do not end OHCW; the participant retains enrollment and resumes services on community discharge. See /care-types/ohio/nursing-homes.

What appeals are available for an OHCW denial?

State Hearing appeals are available. Under 42 CFR 431.221(d) a state may allow no more than 90 days from the mailing of the notice to request a hearing, but 90 days is the federal ceiling, not a guarantee; the operative deadline is the one printed on your notice, and it can be shorter. File at 1-866-635-3748, online at jfs.ohio.gov, in writing, or in person at the CDJFS. For a service-reduction or termination notice, requesting the hearing before the action's effective date keeps benefits at the prior level until a decision is rendered, unless the sole issue is one of federal or state law or policy. Disability Rights Ohio is the protection-and-advocacy resource for disability-related Medicaid appeals.

How does OHCW compare to Medicare home health?

They serve different needs. Medicare home health is short-term and intermittent and requires homebound status plus a skilled need; it is not a substitute for long-term community supports. OHCW covers the long-term personal care, respite, equipment, and home modifications Medicare does not pay for, and a dual-eligible participant with a qualifying skilled-need episode can receive both at once. See /care-types/ohio/home-care-vs-home-health.

Next Steps for Ohio Families

1
Step 1

Confirm the right pipeline

Non-developmental disability is OHCW; a developmental disability that manifests before age 22 is DODD through the County Board of Developmental Disabilities.

2
Step 2

Gather disability documentation

SSI or SSDI award letters, recent medical records, and prior functional assessments all help.

3
Step 3

Call the Ohio Medicaid Consumer Hotline

at 1-800-324-8680 to initiate.

4
Step 4

Complete the comprehensive assessment,

which measures activities of daily living, cognition, and informal support to determine nursing facility level of care.

5
Step 5

File the financial application

through the County Department of Job and Family Services in parallel with the clinical track.

6
Step 6

Address settlement or inheritance proceeds

through a special needs trust if needed to preserve eligibility, and coordinate with OOD if the participant is pursuing employment.

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Step 7

Track the age-60 PASSPORT transition

across the 120-day window as the participant approaches that milestone.

Ohio Medicaid Consumer Hotline OHCW intake to begin an application, all free. 1-800-324-8680https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/medicaid.ohio.gov/Resources/Publications/Materials/English/OhioMedicaid.pdf
Disability Rights Ohio Statewide protection and advocacy for disability-related Medicaid appeals. 1-800-282-9181 disabilityrightsohio.org
Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities Vocational rehabilitation and employment supports. 1-800-282-4536 ood.ohio.gov
Ohio Department of Medicaid The agency that administers OHCW. medicaid.ohio.gov
State Hearings File a denial, termination, or service-reduction appeal. 1-866-635-3748https://ssp.benefits.ohio.gov/apspssp/pdf/JFS_04059.pdf
Ohio Legal Help Statewide referral to free local legal aid. ohiolegalhelp.org

Learn More

MedicaidOhio Medicaid Programs OverviewOhio Medicaid in 2026: eligibility pathways and income limits, HCBS waivers, the Next Gen MyCare transition, estate recovery, and how to apply, explained. MedicaidOhio HCBS WaiversEvery Ohio Medicaid HCBS waiver: PASSPORT, the Assisted Living Waiver, the Ohio Home Care Waiver, MyCare Ohio, and the DODD waivers (IO, Level One, SELF). MedicaidOhio PASSPORT WaiverHow the Ohio PASSPORT waiver works in 2026: age 60+ NF level-of-care eligibility, the assessment, AAA case management, services, and the $14,700 cost cap. MedicaidOhio Assisted Living (AL) WaiverWhat the Ohio Assisted Living Waiver covers, who qualifies, and what residents pay: room and board is capped at $944 a month in 2026, after a $50 cushion. MedicaidOhio Medicaid Eligibility & Income LimitsOhio Medicaid 2026 income and asset limits across the MAGI, ABD, and long-term-care pathways: the $2,982 income cap, the $2,000 asset limit, and Miller Trusts. MedicaidHow to Apply for Ohio MedicaidHow to apply for Ohio Medicaid: the application channels, form ODM 07216, the 60-month look-back, processing timelines, retroactive coverage, and how to appeal.

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