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In Shelales v. Director of the Office of Medicaid (Mass.App.Ct., No. 08-P-2052, Oct. 30, 2009), the Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled that the transfer penalty period resulting when an applicant for nursing home Medicaid benefits transferred some of her assets to...

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that with no increase in the consumer price index upon which the spousal impoverishment standards are based, there will be no increase in the community spouse resource allowances (CSRA)...

This past weekend, November 7 – 8, 2009, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) held a conference for members in Jersey City, New Jersey entitled “The Public Benefits and Guardianship Institute.” This was the first time...

Family members in search of sources of funding of long-term care costs for loved ones who can no longer live independently are repeatedly given misinformation about the effect of Aid and Attendance (“A&A”) benefits from the Department of...

This week, the New Jersey Supreme Court changed the ethics rules to allow lawyers, for the first time, to mention their inclusion in Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America, the Martindale-Hubbell AV rankings or other rating services in...