Medicaid

Georgia Doctor indicted in Hall County, charged with one count of Medicaid Fraud and one count of False Statements

The Office of the Attorney General, on September 17, 2021, announced that the office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has indicted…

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Divorce as a Medicaid Planning Option

Divorce is one of the most aggressive Medicaid planning tools. Divorce should not be approached lightly and should not be…

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Medicaid: A Joint Federal-State Program

In Wilder v. Virginia Hospital Assn., 496 U.S. 498 (1990), the Supreme Court stated: Medicaid is a cooperative federal-state program…

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Medicaid: Standard of Review in Appellate Cases & Interpretation of Statutes, Regulations and Manuals

In Georgia Department of Community Health v. Medders, 292 Ga. App. 439, 2008 Ga. App. LEXIS 804 (2008) the Court…

3 years ago

Tenncare Estate Recovery, New Statute of Limitations

TCA 30-2-310 was amended effective April 7, 2021. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 30-2-310, is amended by adding the following as…

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Caregiver child exception to penalty on transfer of the home

The general rule under 42 U.S. Code § 1396p(c)(1) is that any transfer for less than fair market value results…

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Medicaid Trusts: Cases

Trust corpus found to be countable ( R.I. Super.) ------------------------------------- Jeanne M. Biagetti established a revocable trust in 1998. According…

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Filial responsibility – Can I be responsible for my parent’s medical debt?

As a general rule, if a nursing home resident is eligible for Medicaid, then no one else can be sued…

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Medicaid: Cases

Cooperative federalism is not license to re-write clear federal rules (Co. App.) Ruth Koehler sued the Department after it terminated…

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Medicaid: Community Spouse Income Allowance

Hogberg v. State Dep’t of Soc. Servs., 2009 Conn. Super. LEXIS 50 (2009). Lynda Hogberg was admitted to a nursing…

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