Expert guides about medicaid in Virginia from Brevy Care.
If a Virginia Medicaid renewal packet just arrived in your mailbox, do not set it aside: an unreturned renewal can end your coverage even if you still qualify.
If your Virginia Medicaid was denied, reduced, or terminated, you have the right to appeal and request a fair hearing, and you can often keep your benefits while the appeal is decided.
Virginia's Medicaid program pays for care at home and in the community through the Commonwealth Coordinated Care (CCC) Plus Waiver.
If your loved one lives in a Virginia nursing home on Medicaid, they keep a Personal Needs Allowance of $40 a month for their own use.
Does Virginia Medicaid pay for a nursing home? Yes, and it is what most families rely on once savings run out and Medicare's short rehab benefit ends.
Virginia Medicaid (Cardinal Care) pays for nursing and home care through a medically needy spend-down, so applicants over the 2026 income limit of $2,982/month qualify without a Miller Trust.
Virginia Medicaid spousal impoverishment rules protect the at-home spouse when a husband or wife enters a nursing home or a long-term care waiver on Medicaid.
Virginia's Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs) pay your Medicare Part B premium, and for the lowest-income enrollees they wipe out Medicare deductibles and copays too.
Virginia Medicaid estate recovery is how the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) recovers, after a member's death, what Medicaid paid on that member's behalf.
You can apply for Virginia Medicaid three ways: online through CommonHelp, by phone with Cover Virginia at 1-855-242-8282, or in person at your local Virginia DSS office.
Virginia Medicaid income limits come in two versions, and most guides give you only one.