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Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

A Balanced Approach: 10 Key Strategies to Minimize Bad Debt and Avoid Involuntary Terminations in Senior Living Communities

Senior living communities operate in a highly regulated and financially demanding environment, requiring operators to maintain fiscal stability while delivering exceptional care. As the senior population grows, providers face...more

Mandelbaum Barrett PC

Elder Law and Special Needs Newsletter: April 2024 Issue

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Check out our April Elder Law and Special Needs newsletter! Our legal team explores important topics including beneficiary designations and the recent updates to the Medicaid divisor, which came into effect this month....more

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP

ELDER LAW LEGAL UPDATE: Important Changes to Social Security Income, Medicaid Resource and Income Allowances, and Regional Rates...

The Elder Law Practice Group at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman would like to share some important Elder Law legal updates with our clients and professional partners that will impact Medicaid eligibility for applicants/recipients...more

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Do I Have To Pay For My Parent’s Care?

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Adult children often ask, do I have to pay for my parent’s care? That depends. If you have taken control of your parent’s assets and income, absent a provision in a durable power of attorney allowing you to gift your...more

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Social Security Administration Releases Key Figures for 2021

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The Social Security Administration (“SSA”) recently released key figures for 2021 that will affect all elderly and disabled individuals who receive program benefits, including social security retirement benefits, social...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Were Nursing Homes Doing a Poor Job Prior to the Pandemic?

The global COVID-19 crisis has created dynamic shifts in how businesses source and sell goods and services. Whether those shifts are temporary or will solidify into more permanent structures ushering in a “new normal” era of...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 9. News Briefs: March 2020

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 9 (March 9, 2020) - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts said March 5 it has filed a False Claims Act complaint against SpineFrontier Inc., Impartial Medical...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

Long-Term Care Options: Paying for Long-Term Care

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As a younger person, your fitness may have been at its all-time peak. However, the growing number of candles on your birthday cake may impact your health, wellness, or your ability to meet your care needs or a family member’s...more

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Typical Social Security Recipient Will Get $4 Benefit Increase in 2017

Social Security benefits will rise only slightly in 2017. This follows no increase in benefits in 2016 and small increases for many of the previous years. The small bump in 2017 will likely be eaten up by higher Medicare Part...more

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PACE Program for Senior Care

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On August 21st, the New York Times published an article on the PACE program for senior care. Up to now, PACE programs, which are intended to keep seniors living in their homes longer, as well as to cut down on the cost...more

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CMS Cracks Down On Social Media Abuse By Nursing Home Staff

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On August 5th the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a memorandum to all state survey agencies requiring that during the next standard survey of a nursing home, whether a Traditional or Quality Indicator...more

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For-Profit PACE Programs: Harbinger of the Future?

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The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is a benefit program provided by the federal government through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), geared toward the care of frail, elderly...more

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Washington Healthcare Update

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This Week: Senate Reauthorizes Older Americans Act; Bill Heads to the House... White House Holds 2015 Conference on Aging and Launches Several New Administration Healthy Aging Initiatives Enveloping Alzheimer’s, Dementia,...more

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CMS Survey Guidance and Amendment to SOM Advance Copy of Revised F371; Interpretive Guidance and Procedures for Sanitary...

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On May 20 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued S&C 14-34-NH devoted to the topic of egg preparation in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). Lest one think that this is an odd or random topic, it is relevant...more

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