Tuesday, December 13, 2022

CMS Releases Spousal Impoverishment Standards, Income Caps, and Home Equity Limits for 2023

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued revised Spousal Impoverishment Standards, Income Caps, and Home Equity Limits fo...
Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Ohio Department of Medicaid Changes Treatment of Retirement Plans- Eases Burden of Planning

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The Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) has finally adopted a change that means retirement accounts will no longer be counted  as resources fo...
Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Medicare Savings Programs

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Medicare Savings Programs help pay your Medicare costs if you have limited income and savings. Medicare Savings Programs are also called MSP...
Monday, May 2, 2022

Despite Inability to Access Bank Account, Applicant Denied Medicaid

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Medicaid is a legal system overly concerned with costs, rather than serving the best interest of those in need.  Proof of the truth of this ...
Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Beware Direct Transfer Designations (TODs and PODs)- Part IV: TOD's in Trust Planning

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This Blog has addressed  in several previous articles  the dangers of direct transfer designations such as transfers on death (TOD's) an...
Wednesday, March 16, 2022

North Carolina: Rethinking Guardianship - Bill and Deborah

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Bill Donohue and Deborah Woolard share the story of their choice to not seek guardianship for their son, Jeremy Woolard Donahue, who has Dow...
Wednesday, March 9, 2022

North Carolina- Rethinking Guardianship - Janie and Suvya

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Janie Desmond and Suvya Carroll discuss how they use supported decision-making in their lives as young adults living with intellectual/devel...
Friday, March 4, 2022

The End of Medicaid Resource Recovery? Bill Ending Requirement Introduced

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Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) has introduced The Stop Unfair Medicaid Recoveries Act , which would repeal the requirement that states establi...
Wednesday, March 2, 2022

White House Announces Measures to Improve Nursing Home Care Quality

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The Biden administration on February 28th announced a round of new measures for nursing homes aimed at ensuring adequate care for seniors.  ...
Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Rethinking Guardianship- Carol Kelly

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Carol Kelly shares the story of her mother, Mary Jane Mann, who was the victim of an inappropriate, predatory guardianship (conservatorship)...