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Medicaid
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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...
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...
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....
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...
05
Jan

Medicaid Pocket Primer

January 5, 2017
Kaiser Health News has released a Medicaid Pocket Primer. The Primer explains what the Medicaid...
04
Jan

2017 MEDICARE, MEDICAID, SOCIAL SECURITY and VA AID and ATTENDANCE Numbers Released

January 4, 2017
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Social...
03
Jan

Court Rules Asset Transfers to Child Before Entering Nursing Home Not Made To Qualify for Medicaid

January 3, 2017
A New York appeals court ruled that a Medicaid applicant successfully rebutted the presumption that...
05
Dec

2017 SSI and Spousal Impoverishment Figures Released

December 5, 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released its SSI and Spousal Impoverishment Standards...
05
Dec

Special Needs Trusts and Divorce / Part 2: Child Support

December 5, 2016
(On December 1, 2016, I moderated the first Advanced Special Needs Trust Symposium, an all-day...
02
Dec

Special Needs Trusts and Divorce / Part 1: Alimony and Property Settlement Agreements

December 2, 2016
(On December 1, 2016, I moderated the first Advanced Special Needs Trust Symposium, an all-day...
17
Nov

Estate Planning for Elders Facing Long-Term Care Costs: Medicare, Medicaid and VA Benefits

November 17, 2016
On November 15, 2016, I presented at the Second Annual Caring for Caregivers Conference at the...
12
Oct

Preliminary Injunction Denied in Lawsuit to Prevent Medicaid Agency from Counting Dead Husband’s Assets

October 12, 2016
A U.S. district court denied a preliminary injunction to a Medicaid applicant who sued New...
06
Oct

Donald D. Vanarelli, Esq. to Present at the Elder & Disability Law Section Roundtable Discussion on Medicaid Appeals

October 6, 2016
Westfield, NJ – October 6, 2016 — Donald D. Vanarelli, Esq. (http://VanarelliLaw.com/) will participate in...
09
Sep

Donald D. Vanarelli, Esq. to Moderate the Advanced Special Needs Trust Symposium

September 9, 2016
“Use of Special Needs Trusts in Cases Involving Divorce”  to be presented by leading NJ...
05
Sep

Medicaid Applicants Must Receive Full and Fair Notice of the Reasons for a Decision to Deny Benefits

September 5, 2016
In this case, the Court considered whether a Medicaid applicant received full and fair notice...
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