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NAELA Member Uses FOIA to Help Change Maine’s Transfer Penalty Divisor

4/15/2024  

What happens when the law needs to be updated and you don’t have the resources to effectuate change? One NAELA member may have the answer.

News Article

Sources of Authority in Medicaid Appeals

2/15/2024  

A Medicaid appeal, while being an appeal of an administrative agency’s decision, often involves not questions of fact, but rather, issues of law: Does the agency’s action comply with federal requirements?

News Article

Supports and Services for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

2/15/2024  

Supporting the supporter is the best work of an elder law attorney. It’s important to stay knowledgeable about financial programs that can add to the comfort and security of our elder law clients and their families.

News Article

Medicaid Estate Recovery

2/1/2024  

Medicaid estate recovery (MER) has been part of the Medicaid program since its inception in 1965. Today, our country faces profound economic challenges, and the harm MER does to poor and working communities has increasingly come into question.

Journal Article

Advocating for Authentically Non-Institutional Care

11/9/2023  

Under the HCBS Settings Rule, HCBS recipients must receive services in settings that are non-institutional in how recipients are treated, not merely in licensure.

News Article

Must Sole Benefit Trusts Contain Payback Provisions?

11/9/2023  

A sole benefit trust (SBT) is a powerful but misunderstood tool in the Medicaid planning toolbox.

News Article

Spousal Refusal and Medicaid Planning

10/25/2023  

Learn about the evolution of Medicaid financial eligibility, including the impact of spousal refusal, countable vs. noncountable assets, strategies to protect community spouses from impoverishment while navigating Medicaid regulations, and more.

Recording

The Medicare Hospice Benefit

9/12/2023  

Elder law attorneys should have a comprehensive understanding of the Medicare hospice benefit for three reasons. Learn what those are and why.

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