Indiana Medicaid Estate Recovery – UPDATE – Indiana Signs Contracts with Law Firms to Pursue Collection from Estates

Recently, the Indiana State Department of Administration, on behalf of Indiana’s Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA), signed contracts with four law firms for Indiana Medicaid estate recovery. FSSA divided the contracts into three regions: Northern Indiana, Central Indiana, and Southern Indiana. Cases will be assigned by Indiana’s Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning staff to the respective law firms for filing claims in probate estates, filing petitions for opening an estate and appointment of an administrator, filing liens on real property, and pursuing non-probate assets. It appears Indiana plans to get much more aggressive in Medicaid estate recovery, including opening probate estates. (more…)