Austin v. Indiana Family & Social Services Administration

OPINION

BARNES, Judge.

Case Summary

Lola Austin appeals the trial court’s af-firmance of Family and Social Services Administration’s (“FSSA’s”) imposition of a transfer penalty upon her application for Medicaid nursing home benefits, which resulted in her being ineligible for such benefits for seven months. We affirm.

Issue

The restated issue before is whether FSSA erred in imposing a transfer penalty based upon Austin’s payment of $35,500 to her nephew, James Mack, and James’s wife, Julianne Mack, prior to applying for Medicaid nursing home benefits.

Facts

Austin, born in 1916, is the sister of…