• You Can ‘Cure’ a Medicaid Penalty Period by Returning a Gift

• • Aging
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • Clay County
  • Duval County
  • Elder Law
  • Elderly
  • Estate Planning
  • Florida
  • Florida First Coast
  • Jacksonville
  • Long-Term Care
  • Long-Term Care Planning
  • Medicaid
  • Medicaid Application
  • Medicaid Asset Transfer Rules
  • Medicaid Payback Provision
  • Medicaid Planning
  • Orange Park
  • Skilled Nursing and Home Care
  • St. Augustine
  • St. Johns County
• 2 years ago
• Anyone who gifted assets within five years of applying for Medicaid may be subject to a penalty period, but that penalty can be reduced or eliminated if the assets are returned. In order to be eligible for Medicaid, you cannot have recently transferred assets. Congress does not want you to mo... [read more]

• Are State ABLE Programs Sustainable? Disability Advocates Raise Concerns

• • 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
• 6 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]