Your Inside Look at Arizona’s Health Care Community
Posted in Family & Caregiver, Medicare on May 28th, 2010
Many of you have received a notice from CMS highlighting some of the changes that will occur due to the Affordable Care Act that was recently passed by Congress and signed by President Obama. Better access to primary and chronic care, improved long term care choices and more affordable options in prescription drug plans are just some [...]
Posted in Asset Protection on May 22nd, 2009
In the 80s and early 90s, Elder Law attorneys often prepared irrevocable trusts that were suppose to help qualify a person for Medicaid should they eventually get sick. In these trusts, all of the parent’s money was transferred into a trust, giving the trustee (usually a child of the parent) discretionary control to use the [...]
Posted in ALTCS, Family & Caregiver, Medicare on Feb 5th, 2009
It is very common for people to confuse Medicare and Medicaid. While their names are similar, there are actually BIG differences between the two government programs. As the two programs apply to seniors, they both have unique benefits, but Medicaid (ALTCS) provides better coverage for long-term health care.Much of the confusion about Medicaid and long-term healthc are [...]
Information about Medicare can be confusing. Understanding the types of Medicare may help you with your coordination of benefits. Medicare does pay for a tremendous amount of care. However, when it comes to Long Term Care, know that Medicare coverage is quite limited.
If you have a long term care need, we strongly encourage necessary planning so that when Medicare stops paying you [...]
As some have heard, the Medicare Qualified Individual (QI) program expired on June 30, 2008. The state of Arizona continued to provide the benefits to current members even though the federal funding was gone.
Good News! The House of Representatives and Senate just passed a bill allowing the program to be continued until December 31, 2009. BUT here’s [...]