Tuesday, September 27, 2016

ACLU Takes On Nursing Homes

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McKnight's has published an excellent and illuminating editorial   regarding how some seniors who need institutional care are routinely...
Monday, September 26, 2016

Bill Offers Tax Credit for Aging In Place Improvements

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Making your home more accessible for your long term care needs may soon be incentivized by a $30,000 tax credit. Rep. Patrick Murphy...
Thursday, September 22, 2016

HHS Can't Delay Medicare Appeals Backlog Case While Backlog Worsens

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) won't be able to push off litigation over its overwhelming backlog of Medicare appeals...
Monday, September 19, 2016

Class Action Alleges Medicare Has Policy of Denying Home Health Appeals

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A U.S. district court has recently  ruled that there is evidence that Medicare has a policy of routinely upholding denials of home health...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

DOL Conflict of Interest Rule Impede Management of Retirement Funds

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The $7.3 trillion IRA market is the largest and fastest-growing segment of the U.S. retirement market.  The Department of Labor’s (DOL) ne...
Friday, August 26, 2016

Contesting Guardianship or Challenging Guardians Is Problematic

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Nina A. Kohn, Associate Dean for Research,  David M. Levy,  Professor of Law at the Syracuse University College of Law, and Catheryn Koss, ...
Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Considerations in Crafting Health Care Proxies or Durable Powers of Attorney for Health Care

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The most important document in your estate plan is the document appointing a health care proxy.  In Ohio and in Missouri this document is ca...
Friday, August 19, 2016

New York Spousal Refusal to Contribute to Care Creates Implied Contract to Repay Benefits

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In what appears to be a first of it's kind decision, a New York trial court has entered a judgment against a woman who refused to con...
Wednesday, August 17, 2016

SNF Fails to Report Resident's Death Because of "Bad Press."

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A Massachusetts nursing home chose not to report the death of a resident because of “bad press” garnered by its parent company, according...
Monday, August 15, 2016

Ageism, Prevalent and On the Rise, Impacts Estate Planning

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When counseling clients regarding estate planning designed to protect assets and decision-making, among the most insidious risks are those ...