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…
On November 14, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced the 2024 SSI and Spousal Impoverishment Standards. The…
Effective January 1, 2024, the federal Supplemental Security Income payment amount will increase by 3.2 percent. The amounts paid to…
When applying for Medicaid, the nursing home spouse (called the Institutionalized Spouse) is often a joint owner (or sole owner)…
Another “option” that may be considered in appropriate cases is divorce. Deeming between spouses terminates when the marriage terminates. In…
MCCA includes a mechanism for increasing both the CSRA and the MMMNA in certain cases. The methods by which this…
Some couples might consider reducing the size of the marital estate by giving their resources away. Frequently this is the…
While nursing home bills accrue, the healthy or well spouse, known as the “Community Spouse,” [Note 1] struggles to identify…
The standards for the 2022 Community Spouse Resource Allowance and Community Spouse Monthly Income Allowance have been updated in the…
Every year the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefit rate and Medicaid resource allowances are updated. For 2022, the federal benefit…
H.R. 1717, known as the Protecting Married Seniors from Impoverishment Act of 2021, and a companion bill in the Senate…
Increase CSRA in Superior Court, followed by Application and Fair Hearing. After admission to a nursing home, but prior to…
Community Spouse Resource Allowance administratively raised. Evidence was stipulated that the combined marital income of the couple did not result…