Medicaid

Incapacity Planning Medicaid Newsletters

Summer Newsletter 2022

by |August 3, 2022

First Steps to Your Future: Medicaid Planning Road Map If everything in life starts with a first step, why is it […]

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Winter 2022 Newsletter

by |February 16, 2022

First Steps to Your Future: Incapacity Planning   If everything in life starts with a first step, why is it […]

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Long-Term Care Medicaid

Holiday Surprises

by |December 22, 2019

Usually when we hear the term “holiday surprises” we think about a special gift or an unexpected, but welcome visit […]

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Long-Term Care Medicaid

If My Senior Family Member Has to Go to the Nursing Home, Will Medicare Pay the Bill?

by |October 10, 2016

Many times when a senior falls, the result is a broken hip. After surgery, the senior will most likely be released from the hospital to a skilled nursing facility for help in regaining their strength and balance before ultimately returning home.

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Long-Term Care Medicaid

Florida Medicaid Basics – Countable and Non-Countable Real Estate

by |June 22, 2015

When you need to turn to Medicaid for assistance in paying the costs of your long-term care, one of the things that you need to do is to divide your assets into Medicaid countable assets and Medicaid non-countable assets. The amount of your countable assets cannot exceed $2,000. When it comes to real estate, some real estate assets are countable assets and some are non-countable assets.

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Long-Term Care Medicaid

Florida Medicaid Basics – What is a Patient Responsibility?

by |June 8, 2015

A nursing home resident receiving assistance from Medicaid still has a responsibility to pay a portion of their monthly nursing home bill. The resident’s portion of the bill is called the patient responsibility. The patient responsibility is calculated by subtracting Medicaid allowed deductions from the patient’s gross monthly income. The amount of income left after the allowed deductions are subtracted is paid to the nursing home each month as the resident’s patient responsibility.

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Long-Term Care Medicaid

A Tale of Two Medicare Recipients

by |January 28, 2015

Sam, who is 80 years old, recently had a stroke. Fortunately for Sam and his family, he is on the road to recovery. After an initial 4 day stay in the hospital, Sam was released to a skilled nursing facility for rehab. He needed to regain his strength and his balance. After 8 weeks in the skilled nursing facility, Sam was strong enough to go home.

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Long-Term Care Medicaid

Florida Medicaid Lets The Community Spouse Keep Their Income

by |January 22, 2015

Many stressful events can occur during a marriage and having a spouse no longer safely able to live at home due to declining health can be right up at the top of the list. Long-term care is expensive. In Florida, the monthly costs for living in a skilled nursing facility can range from $6,000 – $8,000 per month.

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Long-Term Care Medicaid

A Personal Services Agreement Can Be Used With Florida Medicaid

by |November 3, 2014

The Florida Medicaid long-term care program provides much needed services to its participants. However, even with Medicaid in place, there are still services that family members continue to provide to their loved one.

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Long-Term Care Medicaid

Florida Medicaid and the Community Spouse

by |October 13, 2014

When a spouse needs to turn to Florida Medicaid to help pay for the costs of long-term care, it can create anxiety for the well spouse for a number of reasons. First, there is worry about the spouse in need. Can their needs be met in an assisted living community or do they need the higher level of care that a skilled nursing facility provides?

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