My Dad is currently in rehab in a NH. They want me to pay ahead for the month of February in order for him to qualify for Medicaid. They told me the check would go to their corporate office and be refunded to me in my name.(once he is on Medicaid!!!) This sounds a little wack to me ,...anyone have any advice or experienced this before??? HELP ME PLEASE!! I am so lost on all of this crap!
If it is your father's money you would be paying with, then I am a little less clear why you would get it as a refund.
If you don't pay for February, and it takes a month or more for the Medicaid to come through, then the NH has to provide their services without payment on the hope and expectation that it will come through retroactively. Naturally, they'd rather have the money from you now, even if they will refund it later, than to wait for the government to go through their paperwork and pay them later.
What if you tell them you cannot make the payment out of your funds? Will they evict your dad, or keep him as Medicaid Pending and take their first payment(s) late from the government?