Effective January 1, 2026, the Community Spouse Resource Allowance will increase to $162,660.00. The combined resource allowance will increase to…
On November 15, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services posted the 2025 spousal impoverishment standards. These are the…
On October 10, 2024, the Social Security Administration announced that Americans will increase a 2.5 percent cost of living increase…
When the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 changed 42 U.S.C. § 1396p, new restrictions were imposed on promissory notes. Subsection…
In Lamle ex rel. Lamle v. Shropshire (W.D. Oklahoma 5/29/2024), a United States District Court upheld a denial of benefits…
Section 1115 of the Medicaid statute allows sates to test new or existing ways to deliver and pay for health…
Medicaid Post Eligibility Treatment of Income and Incurred Medical Expenses After Medicaid eligibility is established, 42 C.F.R. § 435.725 addresses…
In Parker v. Louisiana Department of Health (April 30, 2024), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana…
The federal Medicaid statute authorizes the use of individual self-settled special needs trusts for individuals under the age of 65.…
On March 27, 2024, the Social Security Administration published a final rule in the Federal Register which changes its calculation…