In our April 9, 2020 newsletter, we informed readers of changes to the rules for establishing eligibility for home and community-based services, including the imposition of a penalty period for individuals who transfer assets in anticipation of an application for...
This edition of the Special Needs Estate Planner is a reprint of an edition we circulated some years back. As we head into tax season with so many different things on our minds, we thought it a good idea to reprint this article to remind special needs trust trustees...
Over the last several months we have seen story after story about families being unable to visit their loved ones living in skilled nursing facilities, group homes or other congregate settings. The stories we hear from our friends and colleagues are often...
We send The Special Needs Estate Planner to over 4,000 email recipients, and over the years our newsletters get passed along to people across the state and beyond. By far the most popular issue has been the one originally entitled, “Dear Grandma and...
A crisis is unfolding. We have enjoyed the expansion of Medicaid home care benefits through the Nursing Home Transition and Diversion (NHTD) Waiver, the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP), the Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) Program and similar...
A couple of months back we informed our readers of some changes that were on the horizon in the New York State Medicaid program for those who hope to receive home and community-based services, including the imposition of a penalty period for individuals who transfer...
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