Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Hospice Patients in SNFs Less Likely to be Visited by Professional Staff the Last Two Days of Life

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Medicare patients who received hospice care in a nursing home setting were less likely to be visited by professional staff in the last two...
Monday, February 1, 2016

Beware Social Security Scam

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The Social Security Administration posted  a warning on its blog about a scam involving phishing.  According to the post, the scam begins ...
Thursday, January 7, 2016

Filial Responsibility Laws Lead to Chaos

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Filial responsibility laws often lead family chaos to spill-over into the legal system. A recent Pennsylvania case, involving a claim by ...
Monday, December 7, 2015

Court Invalidates Pocket Deed As Fraudulent Effort to Defraud the Surviving Spouse

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[The following is reprinted from my former newsletter, Your Estate Matters .] A recent case from Tennessee illustrates the dangers inherent...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Medicare Premiums and Deductibles for 2016

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has announced the Medicare premiums, deductibles, and coinsurances for 2016. As expected, for the t...
Friday, November 13, 2015

Resident Who Transferred Assets and Applied for Medicaid Breached CCRC Contract

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A New York appeals court held that a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) resident is required to spend the assets disclosed in th...
Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Social Security Claiming Rules Changed to Eliminate Beneficial Strategies

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President Obama has signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 which includes  important changes to the Social Security retirement system. ...
Monday, October 19, 2015

Married Couples Should Reconsider Home Ownership In Trust

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A narrowly divided Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that the transfer of a home between spouses prior to Medicaid eligibility is an impr...
Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Non-Profit Long-Term Care Safer than For-Profit

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A Canadian study reported by McKnight's concludes that for-profit long-term care facilities have significantly higher rates of mortal...
Monday, October 12, 2015

No Increase in Social Security Benefits Next Year

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For just the third time in 40 years, millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees can expect no increase ...