Category archives: Medicaid
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7 years ago
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As part of National Healthcare Decisions Day 2017, and in collaboration with Haven Hospice, our attorneys presented Advance Directive Planning Talks in Orange Park, St. Augustine, and Jacksonville. Our office also provided attendees the opportunity to complete statutorily recommended forms for Healt... [read more]
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7 years ago
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All hospitals must now give Medicare recipients notice when they are in the hospital under observation status. The notice requirement is part of a law enacted in 2015 but that just took effect.
Signed by President Obama in August 2015, the law was intended to prevent surprises after a Medicar... [read more]
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7 years ago
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A couple who are both age 60 and who purchase new long-term care insurance coverage can expect to pay between 6 and 9 percent more compared to a year ago according to the 2017 Long Term Care Insurance Price Index, an annual report from the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, an indust... [read more]
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7 years ago
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Many attorneys create trusts, and some even create special needs trusts, often using pre-written templates. So why, you may ask, do you really need an attorney whose practice focuses on special needs planning?
It is important that special needs trusts not be unnecessarily inflexible and gene... [read more]
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7 years ago
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Parents of children with special needs must be concerned with ensuring that medical and financial decisions will continue to be made in the child's best interest once the child reaches age 18 -- the age of legal capacity. In most states, once a child reaches age 18, he is presumed to have decision-m... [read more]
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7 years ago
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As part of the Jacksonville Retirement Strategy Summit, hosted by Stratton & Company on February 25th at the University of North Florida, Managing Attorney, Grady H. Williams, Jr., LL.M., Associate Attorney, Alison E. Hickman, J.D., and Elder Care Coordinator, Marie Skipper, presented three hour... [read more]
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7 years ago
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As part of The Shepherd’s Center of Orange Park's (SCOOP's) “Adventures In Learning” Associate Attorney, Alison E. Hickman, J.D., Elder Care Coordinator, Marie Skipper, and Public Relations and Social Media Manager, Andrew Paul Williams, Ph.D. led the class, "Aging in Place by Design" this morni... [read more]
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7 years ago
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The phrase "life estate" often comes up in discussions of estate and Medicaid planning, but what exactly does it mean? A life estate is a form of joint ownership that allows one person to remain in a house until his or her death, when it passes to the other owner. Life estates can be used to avoid p... [read more]
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8 years ago
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Marriage should be a happy celebration of two lives coming together, but for people with special needs, marriage can sometimes cause additional stress beyond the usual pre-wedding jitters. That's because people who receive certain government benefits may be penalized for getting married and living w... [read more]
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8 years ago
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Over the past several years, crowdfunding and personal fundraising have become popular ways to raise money for people in need. Crowdfunding cuts out the charitable middleman, allowing a person or organization in need to appeal directly to the general public via the Internet in the hope of raising m... [read more]
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8 years ago
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Assisted living facilities are a housing option for people who can still live independently but who need some assistance. Costs can range from $2,000 to more than $6,000 a month, depending on location. Medicare won’t pay for this type of care, but Medicaid might. Almost all state Medicaid prog... [read more]
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8 years ago
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In recent years a number of non-lawyers have started businesses offering Medicaid planning services to seniors. While using one of these services may be cheaper than hiring a lawyer, the overall costs may be far greater.
If you use a non-lawyer to do Medicaid planning, the person offering servic... [read more]
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