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How Can I Prep for a Telehealth Appointment?

Posted on: March 26, 2021 | By: David Parker, Esq.
When you used to think of a typical doctor’s appointment, you might conjure up images of waiting rooms, stethoscopes and maybe stickers. Now, that image has changed quite a bit. With the world shifting to increasingly remote communication amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, health appointments are often being limited to extended phone calls and video interactions. This is referred to as ‘telehealth.’
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What debts are owed when parents die?

Should I Worry about Medicaid Estate Recovery ?

Posted on: March 5, 2021 | By: David Parker, Esq.
Medicare is designed to help pay for healthcare costs for seniors once they turn 65. While it covers a number of healthcare expenses, it doesn’t apply to costs associated with long-term care in a nursing home.
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An elder law attorney can help with paying for a nursing home

Protect Your Estate from Nursing Home Costs

Posted on: February 8, 2021 | By: David Parker, Esq.
No one wants a nursing home but the longer we live, the higher the chance we may need a nursing home at the end of life.
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Co-op and transferring to the kids

Should I Transfer my home to my daughter ?

Posted on: January 15, 2021 | By: David Parker, Esq.
I am a single retired parent to an adult daughter, who is an only child. The home I currently reside for the last 26 years still has a mortgage and the deed is in my name only. I have a will that states everything is left to my daughter, and then to my grandson, if she proceeds me in death. Should my daughter be added to the deed?
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Co-op and transferring to the kids

Tax Basis - Homeownership and Medicaid Can Be Problem

Posted on: November 30, 2020 | By: David Parker, Esq.
Many people work hard to acquire real estate and then later find that that real estate makes them ineligible for Medicaid to help pay for nursing home or in-home, long-term care.
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Open enrollment mistakes

Does Your Senior Know what a Deductible Is?

Posted on: October 7, 2020 | By: David Parker, Esq.
At a life stage where having a clear understanding of healthcare is critical, nearly seven in 10 Medicare beneficiaries agree that Medicare insurance is confusing and difficult to understand. That’s according to a new Medicare literacy survey poll of 1,000 Medicare beneficiaries by MedicareAdvantage.com.
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What wrong with the Presley estate?

ABLE account- Is a Disabled Person with Savings Eligible for Medicaid?

Posted on: October 2, 2020 | By: David Parker, Esq.
I am a social worker at a state facility for people with developmental disabilities. Most of the men I work with function at about 12 to 14 years of age. I am working with a gentleman who makes minimum wage and works six hours a day. He can’t have more than $1,800 in the bank or he will not be eligible for health benefits, so he has to spend his money. Otherwise, the state will take it.
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Calculating Required Minimum Distribution

The Nursing Home took the stimulus check ?

Posted on: July 13, 2020 | By: David Parker, Esq.
Medicaid beneficiaries, residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities are being cautioned about possible exploitations regarding their federal stimulus check.
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What is thefuture of telehealth ?

Should Medicare Continue with Expanded Telehealth Access after COVID-19?

Posted on: July 1, 2020 | By: David Parker, Esq.
President Trump’s top Medicare official said Tuesday that expanded access to telemedicine should continue after the coronavirus pandemic recedes and that officials are examining ways to act without waiting for legislation from Congress.
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HIPAA rules

Quirk in Medicare System’s Observation Status

Posted on: June 23, 2020 | By: David Parker, Esq.
Unfortunately, over a decade, the number of observation stays has increased exponentially and is being used, even when patients have a diagnosis and have been admitted by their own physicians.
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