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What to do when Medicare denies coverage
When Medicare declines to cover your medical needs, the denial can leave you with an expensive medical bill. If Medicare refuses to cover your care, do not assume this means you will have to take on the financial burden. As a beneficiary of Medicare, you have the...
Protecting spouses of Medicaid applicants: 2023 guidelines
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the 2023 federal guidelines for how much money the spouses of institutionalized Medicaid recipients may keep, as well as related Medicaid figures. What are spousal impoverishment rules? Spousal...
January 2023: Another trip around the sun and more Elder Law news
Happy New Year and welcome to the January 2023 newsletter from R. F. Meyer & Associates. We begin another trip of this Earth around the sun this month with some good Elder Law information to share with you. Earlier this morning, we issued our January 2023...
Pros and cons of a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust
A Medicaid Asset Protection Trust (MAPT) is one option a person may consider to protect their assets from Medicaid and nursing homes or long-term care. A MAPT is an irrevocable trust created during your lifetime. The primary goal of a MAPT is to transfer assets to it...
Year-end holiday hours for our law offices
The law offices of R. F. Meyer & Associates will be closed in observance of Christmas and New Year’s from Dec. 26-Jan. 2. We will reopen for normal business hours on Jan. 3. Clients with active cases can still reach the individual staffer handling your matter by...
Food benefits can be available through Medicare Advantage plans
As people age, accessing healthy meals can become more challenging. According to Feeding America, one in five older adults was food-insecure in 2020. Some older adults struggle with affording healthy foods, whereas others have difficulty going to the grocery store and...
After a dementia diagnosis: Preparing for the future
A diagnosis of dementia, a category of diseases affecting memory and thinking that includes Alzheimer’s disease, can feel overwhelming and upsetting. You might worry that you will lose control over your life and ability to make your own decisions. Fortunately,...
December 2022 edition delivers news as we anticipate the holidays
Yesterday, we released our December 2022 client e-newsletter. If you did not receive it by email, please see the below link to open it from our website. This month’s articles concern Medicare benefits, Medicaid trusts, and an issue dealt with by way too many families:...
A good night’s sleep may cut chronic disease risk in seniors
A newly released study finds that seniors who get less than five hours of sleep a night may be at higher risk for chronic diseases. More than 7,000 midlife and senior men and women were part of the study on sleep duration over the course of 25 years. In high-income...