Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Scrivener’s Error and Limited Power of Appointment Do Not Make Property Available to State to Recoup Medicaid Benefits

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A recent Massachusetts land court ruling is instructive regarding the extent to which states will go in attempting to collect resources for ...
Monday, September 20, 2021

Liberal Magazine Fires Shot Across the Bow of Cruise Ship Roth IRA

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A Roth IRA is an individual retirement account (IRA) that allows qualified withdrawals on a tax-free basis provided certain conditions are s...
Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Nursing Homes Create Phony Diagnoses to Sedate Patients with Dangerous Drugs, Doubling Risk of Death

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The New York Times (NYT) , in a recent front-page Sunday article, " Phony Diagnoses Hide High Rates of Drugging at Nursing Homes ,...
Thursday, September 9, 2021

Filial Responsibility- Resident’s Son Not Liable for Breach of Contract Because He Did Not Cause His Mother to Be Ineligible for Medicaid

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T he efforts of nursing homes to create and enforce filial responsibility, even where state legislators have not enacted such legislation, i...
Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Medicare Advantage Plans and Staffing Shortages Slowing Hospitals Discharges to Nursing Homes

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Skilled nursing admissions are being slowed by both staffing shortages and  Medicare Advantage restrictions.  According to a recent   articl...
Monday, August 23, 2021

Guardianship Risk: Rick Black from CEAR Addresses the Guardianship Improvement Task Force

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Rick Black, addresses the Guardianship Improvement Task Force on August 19, 2021.   Rick is a director of the Center for Estate Administrati...
Tuesday, August 17, 2021

IRS Publishes "Dirty Dozen" Tax Scams Targeting Taxpayers

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Each year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) puts out their “ dirty dozen ” list. This is a list of scams that are so prevalent that the IR...
Friday, August 13, 2021

Outbreak of Untreatable, Drug-Resistant Super-Fungus Unnerves Experts in Two Major US Cities

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Image Source: Photo 197980721 / Contagion  © Dizain777 | Dreamstime.com As the delta variant of Covid-19 races through populations and consu...
Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Transport Risk Includes Assault, Abandonment, and Identity Theft!

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T wo senior living caregivers are charged with abuse and exploitation for allegedly stealing a resident’s identity and debit card and then a...
Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Court Rejects State Effort to Exploit Power of Appointment in Irrevocable Trust for Medicaid

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As a result of a recent holding, the State of Massachusetts was ultimately unsuccessful in its effort to exploit a somewhat common term in i...