Notifying the VA of a Change in Medicaid Eligibility Status

Answer:  I have found that the best way to notify the VA of a change in the veteran’s eligibility status is on VA Form 21-0779, which is completed by the Nursing Home.  Also, this should be reported on the annual Eligibility Verification Report (EVR) due each year on March 1^st.  This should be sent to the Pension Management Center in the region where the claim was adjudicated by either fax (keeping a copy of the fax transmittal) and/or through the mail return/receipt/requested.

Victoria L. Collier, Attorney at Law
Collier & St. Clair, LLP
Decatur, Georgia  30030
404-370-0696