Medicaid Tag

Could this be you? You’re in your thirties or forties, with several active children and a busy social and business life. You’ve got volunteer activities and school programs to keep track of. Your parents are in their seventies or eighties, have their own home, and appear to pay all their bills when due. You have no idea what your parents’ income or assets are because they don’t want to bother...

If you need to select a nursing home for a loved one, there are several factors you should take into consideration.

The latest release by the NJ Supreme Court outlines the latest rules concerning trials, scheduling, closings, and so on which will affect cases, lawyers  and litigants throughout New Jersey. Cases can still be filed but numerous adjustments are being made to the deadlines and procedures. Emergencies can be addressed, and all matters are going to be handled by telephone or videoconferencing....

Medicare Part B generally covers medically necessary outpatient testing for beneficiaries. CMS has recently advised that if testing is ordered by the patient’s physician and the test is performed on or after February 4, 2020, it will be a covered service under Medicare Part B. Read more here. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is issuing fact sheets and alerts that address...

Lauren Marinaro will present at an upcoming National Business Institute live seminar: Protecting Assets While Qualifying for Medicaid Date: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 Time: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM Location: Molly Pitcher Inn 88 Riverside Ave Red Bank, NJ 07701 For more information or to register, please visit: http://www.nbi-sems.com/Details.aspx/R-76376ER%7C?ctname=SPKEM

An application for Medicaid benefits cannot be approved before the applicant (and spouse, if any) has completed the spend-down, because benefits are not payable unless the applicant is financially eligible. It is not uncommon for someone to initiate an application for Medicaid without having any idea whether they are eligible or not. The nursing home may start the process; a nonattorney...

Since the election, there have been serious plans put out there to radically alter the Medicaid program .  Right now, while it can be hard to get Medicaid without guidance and assistance,  if you meet the eligibility criteria you are entitled to receive certain statutory benefits under federal law.  The benefits provided to every person on Medicaid are paid for through a combination of  state...

The federal  Nursing Home Residents’ Rights Act protects residents against arbitrary, involuntary discharge by specifying only 6 grounds for discharge..And above all,  even when one of those 6 bases exists, a nursing home also has the duty to make a safe discharge.   A nursing home cannot involuntarily transfer a Medicaid resident unless there is another placement available which is...

Today is a good-news day for people with disabilities who want to set up a Special Needs Trust to preserve their eligibility for critical benefits: the President has signed the Special Needs Fairness Act — S349 — into law. . Since 1993, an applicant or recipient of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Medicaid (now MLTSS in New Jersey) has been able to shelter their excess...

If medical catastrophe strikes and someone in your family needs nursing home care, they may want to apply for Medicaid to pick up those costs.  The regulations are complex, but there are lots of legal strategies that we use to help a person become eligible and to protect the rest of the family at the same time. The process doesn’t stop there, though. The applicant has to prepare and file...