Medicaid spend-down customers may scan and e-mail incurred bills to agency
March 15, 2010 -- Medicaid customers and providers may scan and e-mail spend-down information to the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services at SpendDownPointOfContact@jfs.hamilton-co.org.
The customer or provider may only use this process for the "incurred" method of meeting their spend-down. Pay-in spend-downs must still flow through the agency's fiscal office. Any time customers incur a medical bill that can be applied to their monthly spend-down, they may scan and e-mail it.
A spend-down is a dollar amount that is figured to help people qualify for Medicaid. If their income is more than the amount the government allows in order to receive Medicaid, they may "spend down" to that level and qualify for assistance. A spend-down amount may either be paid directly to Hamilton County Job and Family Services, or customers may use certain expenses to meet the spend-down.
For more information about spend-down, please see this fact sheet.