- 5 years ago
- Medicare is proposing a new flat rate reimbursement system for doctors who treat Medicare patients. Some worry that the plan may reduce payments to specialists and cause fewer doctors to accept Medicare patients. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) says the proposed changes a... [read more]
Monthly archives:August 2018
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- Aging
- Assited Living Facilities
- At-Home Care
- Clay County
- Elder Law
- Elderly
- Estate Planning
- Florida
- Green Cove Springs
- Jacksonville
- Life Care Planning
- Life Insurance
- Long-Term Care Insurance
- Medicaid
- North Florida
- Nursing Home Costs
- Orange Park
- Resources For Aging
- Seniors
- Skilled Nursing Home Care
- St. Augustine
- St. Johns County
- 5 years ago
- One question we're often asked by clients is if we can help them find resources to help cover the high costs that can often be associated with aging; such as at-home care or a skilled nursing facility. Our answer is that we are happy to help clients address these concerns by evaluating benefits such... [read more]
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- ABLE Account
- ABLE Accounts
- Able Age Adjustment Act
- Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014
- Care Managers
- Care Planning
- Caregivers
- CCD
- Childhood Disabled Beneficiary Benefits
- Children
- Children with Disabilities
- Children with Special Needs
- Clay County
- Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
- Disability
- Disability Advocates
- Elder Law
- Elderly
- Estate Planning
- Florida
- Green Cove Springs
- Jacksonville
- Medicaid Payback Provision
- NAST
- National Association of State Treasurers
- North Florida
- Orange Park
- People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities
- People with Special Needs
- St. Augustine
- St. Johns County
- 5 years ago
- In the past two years, nearly every state in the country has passed legislation enabling people with disabilities and their families to open new savings accounts, modeled after popular 529 college savings plans, to save for disability related expenses. But early projections indicate that many of ... [read more]
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- Children with Disabilities
- Children with Special Needs
- Clay County
- Disability
- Disability Rights
- Duval County
- Elder Law
- Estate Planning
- First-Party Special Needs Trusts
- Florida
- Jacksonville
- North Florida
- Orange Park
- People with Special Needs
- Social Security Administration
- Social Security Disability Insurance
- Special Needs Planning
- Special Needs Trust
- SSA
- St. Augustine
- St. Johns County
- Supplemental Security Income
- Supportive Living Arrangements
- Third-Party Special Needs Trusts
- Travel Expenses
- Travel Reimbursement
- Trusts
- 5 years ago
- Travel is sometimes necessary when a family has a child with special needs. Family members may need to visit the person with special needs, or a medical emergency may require travel to care for the loved one, or the family may simply want to take the child with special needs on vacation. For... [read more]
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- Adult Children
- Children
- Clay County
- College Age Children
- College Students
- Designation of Health Care Surrogate
- DPOA
- Durable Power of Attorney
- Duval County
- Elder Law
- Estate Planning
- Estate Planning for Adult Children
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
- FERPA
- Florida
- Green Cove Springs
- Health Care Directives
- Health Care Proxy with HIPAA Release
- Health Care Surrogate
- HIPAA Release
- Jacksonville
- North Florida
- Orange Park
- St. Augustine
- St. Johns County
- 5 years ago
- Did you know that Elder Law starts at age 18? Most legal rights attach to an individual when they turn 18 years old. If you are supporting an adult child or college student it may be difficult to assist them with academic, financial, or health care decisions without some essential documents. To e... [read more]
- 5 years ago
- A promissory note is normally given in return for a loan and it is simply a promise to repay the amount. Classifying asset transfers as loans rather than gifts can be useful because it sometimes allows parents to "lend" assets to their children and still maintain Medicaid eligibility. Before ... [read more]
- 5 years ago
- Associate Attorney Alison E. Hickman is pictured with another Clay County Attorney, Lisa Dasher, at their orientation today for Committee Leaders of the Jacksonville Bar Association. Alison is serving in her third year as co-chair of the Elder Law Committee, and Lisa is Co-Chair of both the F... [read more]
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- Advance Directives
- Asset Protection
- Beneficiaries
- Benifciary Designations
- Caregivers
- Clay County
- Durable Power of Attorney
- Duval County
- Elder Law
- Estate Planning
- Executor
- Florida Wills
- Green Cove Springs
- Guardianship
- Guardianship Planning
- Jacksonville
- Living Will
- North Florida
- Orange Park
- Planning
- Trustee
- Trusts
- Wills
- Young Families
- 5 years ago
- We are often asked why young families need Estate Planning. Our response is that there are numerous, important reasons why young families need Estate Planning to protect themselves, their families, and their futures. Some of these Estate Planning considerations include: naming Beneficiaries for y... [read more]
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- Aging
- Caregivers
- Clay County
- Duval County
- Elder Law
- Elderly
- Estate Planning
- Estate Plans
- Florida
- Green Cove Springs
- Jacksonville
- Medicare
- Medicare Advantage plan
- Medicare Advantage Plan ID
- Medicare Advantage Plans
- Medicare card
- North Florida
- Orange Park
- Phone Scammers
- Senior Scams
- Social Security
- St. Augustine
- St. Johns County
- 5 years ago
- The federal government has begun mailing new Medicare cards to 59 million Americans. You should keep track of when your new card will arrive and contact Medicare if you don't receive it. To prevent fraud and fight identity theft, the federal government is issuing new cards to all Medicare ben... [read more]
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- 21st Century Cures Act
- Aging
- At-Home Care
- Care Managers
- Care Planning
- Caregivers
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Clay County
- Coordination of Care
- Disability
- Disability Advocates
- Disability Rights
- Duval County
- Elder Law
- Elderly
- Electronic Visit Verification
- Estate Planning
- Florida
- Green Cove Springs
- Home Health Benefits
- Home Health Care Services
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- New Year
- North Florida
- People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities
- Protection for Disability
- Seniors
- St. Augustine
- St. Johns County
- 5 years ago
- Starting in 2019, providers of home health care services will be required to clock in electronically with Medicaid prior to performing services. However, disability rights advocates and a bipartisan group of senators are calling for the state-by-state rollout of these Electronic Visit Verification (... [read more]
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- Advance Directives
- Aging
- Care Planning
- Caregivers
- Clay County
- Designation of Health Care Surrogate
- Duval County
- Elder Law
- Elderly
- Estate Planning
- Florida First Coast
- Florida Statutes
- HIPAA Release
- Incapacity
- Jacksonville
- Julington Creek
- North Florida
- Orange Park
- Planning
- Seniors
- St. Augustine
- St. Johns County
- 5 years ago
- The Importance of Designating a Health Care Surrogate We're often asked by clients how they can make sure that their medical wishes are carried out in the event of illness or injury. The designation of a Health Care Surrogate addresses this concern by giving a person you select the ability to mak... [read more]
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- Children with Disabilities
- Children with Special Needs
- Clay County
- Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
- Department of Education
- Disability
- Disability Discrimination
- Disability Rights
- Duval County
- Elder Law
- Estate Planning
- Florida
- Jacksonville
- NAACP
- National Federation of the Blind
- North Florida
- Orange Park
- People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities
- People with Special Needs
- St. Augustine
- St. Johns County
- 5 years ago
- Each year, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) receives tens of thousands of discrimination complaints, of which disability discrimination is by far the largest category. For example, complaints can allege that students with disabilities are not being given accessible textbooks, are being denied ... [read more]