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In an effort to minimize the burden on existing MA/BadgerCare recipients and to ease local agency workload, the Department has used existing CARES data, MA birth claims data, and data exchanges to auto-update as many current participant records as possible with valid citizenship or identification verification codes. The following has been accomplished to date:
Records for SSI MA recipients known to CARES were auto-updated as being exempt from the new requirements.
Records for dual eligible individuals (i.e., persons eligible for both Medicare and MA) have been identified in CARES and auto-updated as being exempt from the new requirements.
By using MA birth claims information from the past six years, the Department confirmed the U.S. citizenship of children and auto-updated their CARES records.
Other MA recipients in CARES were found to have already provided valid documentation of U.S. citizenship. Their CARES records were also auto-updated to indicate that fact.
Driver licenses data from the Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) was used to match against individuals already known to CARES. The data exchange served to identify those MA recipients who have a driver's license and therefore have met the MA identity requirement. The match was done on any individual in CARES either open or closed for any program since it was not possible to narrow it to MA indivduals only. Therefore the DMV match code may appear in cases that are closed. The DMV match code is valid for identity verification if a closed case re-opens.
The CARES data and DMV data was matched using first name, last name, date of birth, gender, and city or county. If a duplicate match occurred, neither record was updated for identity verification since there was no way to determine which record was the correct one to update.
CARES was updated with the results of this match effective May 7, 2007. When a valid match was made, the new verification code <MV> autopopulated into the MA identity verification field. <MV> did not overlay any codes from levels 1 and 5 since these are considered to be more reliable documentation types.
This page last updated in Release Number: 07-07
Release Date: 08/30/07
Effective Date: 08/30/07