MAGI 2.0: Building MAGI Knowledge Part 2 – Income Counting

MAGI 2.0: Building MAGI Knowledge

Part 2: Income Counting

Last Updated: December 11, 2020

Introduction

Setting the Stage

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In 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updated a training manual originally developed in 2013 to help states and eligibility workers understand and apply Modified Adjust Gross Income (MAGI)-based rules for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

The manual is available at .

This MAGI 2.0: Building MAGI Knowledge slide deck serves as a companion to the Household and MAGI Income Training Manual, providing more details on how to apply the MAGI-based income counting rules.

The issues and scenarios reviewed in this slide deck were developed in response to frequently asked technical assistance questions raised by states and revised based on updated guidance that was released.

Two-Part Resource

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Determining Household Composition

Calculating Household Income Focus of This Resource

Determining Household Income

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Key Questions When Determining Household Income:

Whose income is counted?

What income is counted? Over what period is income counted?

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