Indiana Medicaid, COVID and Asset Transfers
INDIANA MEDICAID, COVID AND ASSET TRANSFERS Penalties for transfers of assets for new applications will be imposed. Example: Mom goes into the nursing home. She gives her son $20,000. She is only...
View ArticleTop Five Tips for your Stimulus Check:
Top Five Tips for your Stimulus Check: Stimulus Checks and Medicaid: Medicaid has taken the position that the stimulus checks received in 2020 and 2021 will not disqualify people from Medicaid. Any...
View ArticleApril Advice: New Funeral Assistance Program
FEMA announces a new program April 12, 2021, Covid-19 Funeral Assistance COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Line Number Applications begin on April 12, 2021 Phone: 844-684-6333 Hours of Operation: Monday –...
View ArticleWhat is the Medicare Premium Surcharge, and How Do I Avoid It?
What is the Medicare Premium Surcharge, and How Do I Avoid It? Upon turning age 65, most people qualify for Medicare Parts A, B and D. We generally recommend that our clients select traditional...
View ArticleMedicaid’s Day of Reckoning: Ending the Public Health Emergency
Medicaid’s Day of Reckoning: Ending the Public Health Emergency On January 27, 2020, the federal government authorized a Public Health Emergency Declaration (PHE) relating to the Covid-19 Pandemic....
View ArticleMedicaid Continuous Coverage Extended
*Update: Medicaid Continuous Coverage Extended July 15th, 2022* The US Department of Health and Human Services on July 15th, 2022 officially extended the “Public Health Emergency” (PHE) declaration...
View ArticleEligible Hoosiers Can Now Open an ABLE Account — in Indiana (Updated January...
Eligible Hoosiers Can Now Open an ABLE Account — in Indiana (Updated January 1, 2023) Eligible Hoosiers can open an ABLE (Achieving a Better Life Experience account). An “eligible” Hoosier is a person...
View ArticleManaged Medicaid Moves to Indiana
Major changes are coming for 100,000 vulnerable Hoosiers as of April 1, 2024. Hoosiers 60 and over who are in nursing homes or who are receiving waiver services in the home will be required to join a...
View ArticleAppealing a Notice of Discharge from Medicare Rehab Days
Pursuant to federal law, following a three-day (or longer) hospitalization, a patient may receive up to 100 days of rehabilitative care, but the reality is that most patients receive much less than the...
View ArticleWhat is Indiana’s PathWays for Aging?
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration will start a new program on July 1, 2024, for Hoosiers 60 and older who receive Medicaid benefits called PathWays (excluding Healthy Indiana Plan...
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