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Governmental or Public Benefit Programs
Transfer of assets and Medicaid eligibility illustration.
16
Apr

Medicaid Announces Decreased Penalty Divisor for 2025

April 16, 2025
To discourage the practice of transferring assets to obtain Medicaid eligibility, Congress enacted legislation to...
Illustration of Medicaid health insurance concept.
08
Feb

2025 Medicaid Numbers Released

February 8, 2025
MEDICAID is a joint federal and state program that provides medical assistance for financially eligible...
Elderly father sits in wheelchair, attended to by his caregiver daughter.
28
Sep

Providing Care for Your Aging Parent? Consider Entering into a Caregiver Contract

September 28, 2024
With a growing number of adults providing substantial care to an aging parent, adult children...
Illustration of nursing home resident in wheelchair being assisted by staff.
08
Aug

Medicaid 2024 Community Spousal Maintenance and Shelter Allowance Adjustments

August 8, 2024
Effective July 1, 2024, the Medicaid Minimum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance (also known as “MMMNA”)...
Illustration of a group of abled and disabled persons.
15
Jul

NJ Medicaid Announces WorkAbility Phase 2 Expansion

July 15, 2024
Effective February 1, 2024 On April 17, 2024, the New Jersey Division of Medical Assistance...
Medicaid Eligibility and Child Support Illustration.
09
Jul

Medicaid Applicant’s Assets Placed in Trust for Child Support are Not “Available” in Calculating Medicaid Eligibility

July 9, 2024
Appellate Division Reverses Final Agency Decision W.F. is a legally incapacitated person who has been...
Female medical professional points to Medicaid rules and regulations on clipboard.
10
Jun

Increase in the Medicaid Penalty Divisor

June 10, 2024
Effective April 1, 2024 New Jersey Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services announced an...
05
Jun

Medicaid Applicant’s Right to Use House Placed in Trust Does Not Render Trust Assets Available, Massachusetts High Court Rules

June 5, 2017
Reversing a lower court, Massachusetts’ highest court ruled that two Medicaid applicants’ trusts were not available...
16
May

Big Increase in Medicaid’s “Penalty Divisor”

May 16, 2017
New Jersey’s Medicaid rules are complicated, and always changing. One such change in the rules...
09
May

Donald D. Vanarelli, Esq. to Present at the “2017 Sophisticated Elder Law” Seminar

May 9, 2017
Donald D. Vanarelli, Esq. (https://vanarellilaw.com/) will present at the “2017 Sophisticated Elder Law” seminar given...
25
Apr

A Guide to Needs-Based VA Pension Benefits and Medicaid Planning

April 25, 2017
The needs-based pension program from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a disability benefits...
19
Apr

Medicare Is Still Using “Failure to Improve” To Wrongly Deny Coverage, But Things Are Improving

April 19, 2017
In 2013, a settlement was reached in Jimmo v. Sebelius, Docket No. 11-cv-17 (D.Vt., January...
15
Apr

How Does an ABLE Account Impact Eligibility for Public Benefit Programs Based Upon Financial Need?

April 15, 2017
New Jersey’s ABLE law (the acronym is short for “Achieving a Better Life Experience”) went...
05
Apr

NJ’s Division of Consumer Affairs Issued Warning About Non-Lawyers Who Assist Consumers Filing Medicaid Applications

April 5, 2017
New Jersey’s Division of Consumer Affairs (DCA) released a Consumer Brief on Medicaid Advisors/Application Assistors....
28
Mar

Social Security Eliminates Rule Giving Opinions of Treating Doctors “Greater Weight” Than Other Medical Providers

March 28, 2017
The Social Security Administration (SSA) published two final regulations that will have significant impacts on...
13
Mar

2017 Benefits Checklist for Older Adults Residing in New York

March 13, 2017
With thanks to the Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College / CUNY, attached below is...
01
Mar

Why It Is Important to Have an Attorney Who Focuses on Special Needs Trusts

March 1, 2017
Many attorneys create trusts, and some even create special needs trusts, often using pre-written templates. ...
22
Feb

Second Circuit Bars Medicaid Penalty: Trusts Not Countable Since Beneficiary Had No Authority To Direct Distributions

February 22, 2017
In Simonsen v Bremby(2d Cir., No. 16-204-cv, Feb. 15, 2017), the daughter/Medicaid applicant filed suit...
29
Jan

Appeals Court Clarifies Right of Surviving Spouse Who Received Medicaid To Share In Deceased Spouse’s Estate

January 29, 2017
As 2007 began, Arthur Brown, who was then seventy-eight years old, and his wife, Mary,...
26
Jan

A New Resource for Families: DDD’s Supports Program Quick Guide

January 26, 2017
The Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) is a division of New Jersey’s Department of Human...
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