The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have given us the new annual spousal impoverishment figures for 2017. In turn, we like to give our friends a FREE 2017 Medicaid Planning Desk Reference. The full numbers are contained in the Desk Reference, which you can download for free by clicking the link at the […]
The final rule affecting Skilled Nursing Facilities that accept Medicaid takes effect November 28, 2016, with one exception. The provision banning arbitration provisions from nursing home admissions contracts is on hold and CMS is temporarily enjoined from enacting the ban by a federal district court. For a full copy of the final rule, click here. […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) – the government entity that runs Medicare and Medicaid – has proposed a rule change that takes effect this month. For the first time, it bans pre-dispute arbitration clauses from nursing home admissions contracts. As you can imagine, elder advocates are applauding the return of the right […]
The Medicaid program has rules that can help you protect your assets, but the bureaucrats running the program are not allowed to help give you advice to take advantage of them. Much like the tax code. If you want to maximize your savings, you can’t rely on the IRS to do it for you. So […]
Most people just spend their money on the nursing home until their broke. It doesn’t have to be that way. With a solid Medicaid Protection Plan, our team of highly-skilled Medicaid Planners can help you find legal ways to keep more of your assets. Medicaid can also pay for home care and in some states […]
Through good Medicaid planning, you can protect your assets from the Medicaid spend down. Because Medicaid is one of the most complex systems there is, most people don’t realize that there are a whole host of legal tools available to help you protect your assets. But if you do nothing, you don’t get the protections. […]