AFDC-MA

AFDC-MA is the category of Medicaid that is based on rules for the Aid to Families with Dependant Children Program (AFDC) that were in effect on July 16, 1996.

Cash advances

Cash advances are goods or services obtained by a funeral home from a third party that are paid for by the funeral home on behalf of and subject to reimbursement from a person purchasing services from the funeral home.

Confirmed date of death

Date of death provided by and confirmed by the medical examiner, hospital, etc.

CTS

Caretaker Supplement

Death benefit

The amount that is paid out from a life insurance policy upon the decedent's death.

Decedent

A person who has died.

DHCAA

Division of Health Care Access and Accountability

DHS

Department of Health Services

EBD

elderly, blind, or disabled

Fetus

An unborn baby more than eight weeks after conception.

IRIS

Include, Respect, I Self-Direct Program

Live birth

A birth at which a child is born alive. For WFCAP purposes, the baby would have their own eligibility.

MAPP

The Medicaid Purchase Plan (MAPP) offers people with disabilities who are working or interested in working the opportunity to obtain health care coverage through Wisconsin Medicaid.

MAPW

MAPP Waivers; someone in MAPP and waivers.

Other funding sources

Funds that are contributed toward the total funeral, cemetary, and/or crematory expenses. Other funding sources include, but are not limited to: burial trusts, burial insurance, estate assets, and fundraisers.

Other payment sources

Payments that were made toward the total funeral, cemetery, and/or crematory expenses. Other payment sources include, but are not limited to: burial trusts, burial insurance, estate assets, and fundraisers.

Payer of last resort

WFCAP is the payer of last resort because all other payment sources must be exhausted prior to a WFCAP payment being requested. Other payment sources include, but are not limited to: burial trusts, burial insurance, estate assets, and fundraisers.

Potentially eligible

At the confirmed date of death, the decedent met at least one of the criteria identified in Section 1.3. Potential eligibility can change at any time.

Provided

Who provided the service. Example: funeral home, cemetery, crematorium, or a third party.

Purchased before date of death

ANy good or service that was purchases or acquired before the decedent passed away. Any good or service that was purchase or acquired before the decedent passed away must be counted toward the total expenses. Example: a burial plot or casket.

Purchases after date of death

Any good or service that was purchased or rendered after the decedent passed away. These goods or services must be counted towards the total expenses.

Service providers

Funeral homes, cemeteries, and crematoriums.

Stillborn

Not alive at birth. For WFCAP purposes, potential eligibility would be determined by the mother's eligibility.

Total funeral, cemetery, and crematory expenses

Total funeral and cemetery expenses are defined as actual charges, not estimates, for all funeral and cemetery/crematory goods/services provided (i.e., sold) by the funeral home, cemetery or crematorium, whether provided before or after death. Note: Throughout this manual, provided means sold.

W-2

Wisconsin Works

WFCAP

Wisconsin Funeral and Cemetery Aids Program