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VA will discontinue the requirement for enrolled Veterans to complete an annual Financial Assessment, commonly known as a Means Test. This eliminates a Veteran’s annual reporting burden. Efective March 24, 2014, we will no longer require Veterans to provide updated information.
7 Ιουλ 2020 · Means Test. A Means Test (MT) is the financial assessment process used by VA to assess a Veteran’s attributable income. The MT determines Veterans’ copayment responsibilities and assists in determining enrollment Priority Group assignment. VA uses the appropriate MT threshold for the current calendar year to determine whether
"Below the means test threshold" is defined as those veterans whose attributable income and net worth are such that they are unable to defray the expenses of care; therefore, they are not subject to co-payment charges for hospital and outpatient medical services.
The Geographic Means Test (GMT) is VA’s system of determining a Veteran’s ability to pay for health care and to provide Veterans whose incomes are above the VA Means Test threshold but below the U.S. Department of
Historically, greater than 92% of the updated Means Tests resulted in no change in the Veteran’s health benefits eligibility. 170K means tests verified annually. (Includes both renewals and first-time enrollees). 97% (165k) resulted in a change to the Veteran’s health benefits eligibility.
Veterans enrolling in priority group 5 based on their inability to defray the cost of care must provide information on their annual household income and net worth to determine whether they are below the annually adjusted "means test" financial threshold.
Means Test Sharing (MTS) is the first phase in implementing a full Centralized Means Testing (CMT) process within VA. This is new functionality designed to make completion of the Means Test and Copay Exemption Tests easier on the veteran, and more timely for the VAMCs that need a completed Means Test for billing and workload purposes.
