Mannix v. Ohio Department of Human Services

Fain, Judge.

Patricia Mannix appeals from a judgment of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas affirming an administrative determination that she was ineligible for Medicaid benefits. The common pleas court held that the Ohio Department of Human Services correctly determined that a retirement account held by Mannix’s husband should have been included in the determination of Mannix’s eligibility for nursing-home Medicaid benefits.

We conclude that the retirement account and the proceeds therefrom were properly included as a countable resource under the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of…