Authorization to Apply for and/or Appeal (Medicaid) Sample Clauses

Authorization to Apply for and/or Appeal (Medicaid). In the event of Resident’s incapacity and in situations where Resident’s resources are depleted or appear to be depleted to the extent that Resident can no longer pay privately for nursing care, and it appears Resident has become, or will become eligible for Medicaid benefits to cover the cost of Resident’s continued stay in the Facility, and if there is no other legal representative of Resident known to Facility or other friend or relative known to Facility who is authorized and/or is available or willing to act on Resident’s behalf, after Facility has made a good faith effort to identify such persons, then Resident hereby authorizes Facility to request, file and/or apply for Medicaid benefits on behalf of Resident for the limited purpose of assisting Resident to secure payment through the medical assistance program for Resident’s continued stay in the Facility. In the event the application for Medical benefits filed on behalf of resident is denied, or in the event Medicaid benefits are granted and subsequently discontinued, Resident hereby authorizes Facility to file on Resident’s behalf an appeal of any such denial of Medicaid eligibility or discontinuance of Medicaid benefits, and to take such actions to secure Resident’s Medicaid benefits as Facility deems reasonably necessary or appropriate and consistent with the law. Resident warrants and represents that the financial information disclosed to Facility is true and accurate and may be relied upon by Facility in pursuing Medicaid benefits on behalf of Resident.