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CMS Amends Nursing Home Quality of Care Regulations to Remove COVID-19 Provisions

On June 5, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services amended 42 C.F.R. § 483.80 (infection control) to remove…

9 months ago

Green Cards Redesigned

On January 30, 2023, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced new designs to improve security of Permanent Resident…

1 year ago

Elder Law and Special Needs Law News Roundup – 10-21-2022

We regularly post links to news articles and other resources related to Elder Law and Special Needs Law. We focus…

2 years ago

Medicaid Planning

Medicaid planning is discussed in more detail in subsequent chapters. Planning is the process of restructuring an estate in a…

2 years ago

Initial Decisions in Medicaid Cases

The ALJ is a representative of the Department throughout the hearing process. As such, the ALJ makes a written recommendation…

2 years ago

Physician Order for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST)

A POLST form is a legally sufficient medical order that health care providers and health care facilities may use in…

2 years ago

Do You Know Something You’d Like to Share? Contributors Welcome!

EZ Elder Law is intended to provide helpful/useful information for (1) older adults, (2) individuals with special needs, (3) caregivers…

3 years ago

SEC Fraud Alert issued 7/27/2021

On July 27, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued the following investor alert: The FBI Criminal Investigative Division…

3 years ago

Nursing Home Cases: Evidence

Cline v. Living Ctrs. of Tex., Inc., 2007 Tex. App. LEXIS 2044 (Tex. App. 2007). Jury returned a defense verdict…

3 years ago

Lack of capacity: Everyone is competent to be a witness (Little v. Jim-Lar)

In Little v. Jim-Lar Corporation, 835 SE 2d 794 (Ga. App. 2019), summary judgment was affirmed in a personal injury…

3 years ago