PDFWAC 182-504-0025
Medicare savings program certification periods.
Certification periods for the different kinds of medicare savings programs are not all the same. The chart below explains the differences.
Medicare Savings Program | Certification Period | Start Date |
QMB (qualified medicare beneficiary) S03 | 12 months | On the first day of the month following QMB eligibility determination |
SLMB (Special low income medicare beneficiary) S05 | 12 months | Up to three months prior to the certification period if on the first day of the first month of certification, the person: • Is or has been enrolled in medicare Part B; and • Meets SLMB eligibility requirements. |
QDWI (Qualified disabled working individual) S04 | 12 months | Up to three months prior to the certification period if on the first day of the first month of certification, the person: • Is or has been enrolled in medicare Part A; and • Meets QDWI eligibility requirements. |
QI-1 (Qualified individual) S06 | Thru the end of the calendar year following QI-1 eligibility determination | Up to three months prior to the certification period if on the first day of the first month of certification, the person: • Is or has been enrolled in medicare Part B; and • Meets QI-1 eligibility requirements. |
[WSR 11-24-018, recodified as § 182-504-0025, filed 11/29/11, effective 12/1/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.057, 74.08.090, 74.09.530 and 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a) (Section 1902 (n)(2) of the Social Security Act of 1924). WSR 05-01-126, § 388-416-0035, filed 12/15/04, effective 1/15/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057 and 74.08.090. WSR 98-16-044, § 388-416-0035, filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98. Formerly WAC 388-521-2150, 388-521-2155 and 388-521-2160.]