Blog – Page 49 – Vanarell & Li, LLC, Westfield, NJ Elder Law Attorneys

Dec

New Jersey Increases Medicaid Penalty Divisor, But Artificially Keeps The Rate Far Less Than The Actual Monthly Cost Of Nursing Home Care

New Jersey’s Medicaid rules are complicated, and seem like they’re always changing. One such change...

Dec

Court Rules Income From Special Needs Trust Must Be Utilized In Calculating Trust Beneficiary’s Child Support Obligation

The parties in this case had a brief relationship which resulted in the birth of...

Dec

Elder Law College: Overview Of VA Benefits And Social Security Disability Benefits

(I recently presented a program on Veterans Benefits and Social Security Disability Benefits at the...

Dec

Improved Veterans Pension Rates For 2013

Following are the increased rates paid by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) beginning in...

Dec

Council of Advanced Practitioners: Committed To Excellence In Elder And Special Needs Law

Members of the Council of Advanced Practitioners offer professional expertise to meet the needs of...

Dec

New Medicare Premiums, Deductibles, and Co-insurances

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced new Medicare premiums, deductibles, and co-insurances...

Nov

Top 11 Steps In Creating Your Elder Life Plan

As we age, the decrease in independence and concurrent increasing need for care which often...

Nov

2013 SSI, Medicaid Spousal Impoverishment And Home Equity Standards Released

aThe Social Security Administration released the federal benefit rate for the 2013 Supplemental Security Income...

Nov

VA Tightens Pension Rules Governing The Reimbursement Of Facility Room And Board Costs

On October 26, 2012, David McLenachen, Director of the Pension and Fiduciary Division, Department of...

Nov

Increased Long Term Care Insurance Tax Deduction Limits For 2013 Announced

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced increased deductibility levels for individuals with long term care...

Nov

Annual Exclusion From Federal Gift Taxes Increases To $14,000 In 2013

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued Revenue Procedure 2012-41 which set forth inflation-adjusted revenue items...

Oct

NJAPM Launches Low Cost Mediation Clinic To Provide Divorces And Training

New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators (NJAPM), a statewide, non-profit professional organization dedicated to fostering...

Oct

Class Action Challenging Medicare’s “Improvement Standard” Settled, Easing Coverage Rules for Beneficiaries

The settlement of Jimmo v. Sebelius, Docket No. 11-cv-17 (D.Vt., January 18, 2011), a nationwide...

Oct

Mediation Privilege Is Waived When Parties Agree To Inform The Court Of The Results Of The Mediation

A state appeals court ruled that a will contestant waived the mediation privilege, prohibiting disclosure...

Oct

Types of Veterans’ Claims Involving Service-Connection

A variety of the benefits sought by disabled veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs...

Oct

Transfer Of Medicaid Applicant’s Home To Caretaker Child Not Exempt Because Caretaker Child Provided Insufficient Level Of Care

In the usual case, a transfer of assets, or gift, by a Medicaid applicant made...

Oct

Social Security Appeals Process

1. Initial Determinations. (This is the first step, but don’t expect to win at this...

Oct

Court Concludes Broad Discovery Requests For A Party’s Social Media Website Information Are Improper; Motion To Compel Denied

Social media websites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn often contain an enormous amount of highly...

Oct

Top Ten (or so) New Jersey Elder and Disability Law Cases in 2012

(The 15th Annual Elder and Disability Law Symposium was held on October 3, 2012 at...

Oct

Second Circuit Affirms That Income Stream from Annuity Is Not an Asset for Medicaid Purposes

After John Lopes was admitted to a nursing home, his wife, Amelia, purchased a irrevocable,...

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