Medicare Patients Be Wary of COVID-19 Scams!
If someone offers you a COVID-19 test in exchange for your Medicare information, run in the other direction.
What are the Details of CMS’s New Booklet?
Federal officials have unveiled a new toolkit to help states expand telehealth coverage under Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to fight the Coronavirus pandemic.
What Does It Mean to Be an Elder Law Attorney?
What Does It Mean to Be an Elder Law Attorney? As we age, changes to our body, our health, our financial picture, and our family is ever-evolving. When we were young, we didn’t worry about infirmity, incapacity, or how we…
How Do I Protect Property If I Need Long-Term Care?
Did you know that 70% of adults over the age of 65 are predicted to need some type of long-term care for an average length of three years? While thinking about your future, you’ve likely already planned financially, but have you considered your long-term care options?
Medicare and Medicaid Will Cover Coronavirus Testing
Medicare and Medicaid Will Cover Coronavirus Testing With coronavirus dominating news coverage and creating alarm, it is important to know that Medicare and Medicaid will cover tests for the virus. The department of Health and Human Services has designated the…
Medicare is Expanding Telehealth Services During Coronavirus Pandemic
Medicare is Expanding Telehealth Services During Coronavirus Pandemic As part of its response to the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government is broadly expanding coverage of Medicare telehealth services to beneficiaries and relaxing HIPAA enforcement. This will give doctors the…
How Much Does New Budget Cut from Medicaid and Medicare?
President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2021 budget projects that taxpayers would save $920 billion for Medicaid and $756 billion for Medicare over 10 years. However, there’s a catch: All the policies it proposes need to be implemented to achieve those savings. Many of those policies, however, are either tied up in court or facing other opposition.
The High Cost of Medicare Mistakes
She recently enrolled in traditional (Parts A, B, and D) Medicare and was hit with huge Part B and Part D monthly premiums. She had no idea why it was so high. After many letters, calls, and meetings with Social Security, she still had no idea.
Do I Need Long-Term Care and Why?
Long-term care, often called custodial care, is a range of services and support to meet health or personal care needs over an extended period of time. This is non-medical care provided by non-licensed caregivers.
Prior Planning With a Will Always a Better Alternative
Does anyone have a crystal ball that I could borrow? Wouldn’t it be nice to know what our future looks like, so we could be better prepared—but on the other hand, maybe not?