I had the privilege of visiting MacDill Air Force Base last month and had the opportunity to tour the base. At the end of the tour, we were treated to drinks at a restaurant on base. The restaurant is near an RV park which is on MacDill property and which the AFB allows retired military to stay. The retirees are there from November through
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Medicaid provides Medical coverage to low income individuals and families. The state and federal government share the costs of the Medicaid program. Medicaid services in Florida are administered by the Agency for Health Care Administration. Medicaid eligibility in Florida is determined either by the Department of Children and Families (DCF) or the Social Security Administration (for SSI recipients). DCF determines Medicaid eligibility for: Low income
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I was reading a Forbes magazine article the other day entitled “Make a New Year’s Resolution to Give Your Estate Plan a Checkup” by Deborah L. Jacobs, and I was reminded about how much people dislike going to visit their estate planning attorney (I think we’re right up there with dentists, probably higher). One may wonder what is the point of planning ahead, and
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Tampa Attorney, Laurie Ohall, was named one of three instructional speakers at the upcoming National Business Institute Seminar “What Every Attorney Needs to Know About Medicaid, Medicare and Long-Term Care” on January 25, 2012. About the Course: Understand How the Public Benefits System Affects Your Practice Barbara and Bill have been married for 40 years. Bill is a Korean War veteran. He starts developing
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As the number of family members providing care for aging parents increases, the solutions to find help with loss of income because of time off from employment for caregiving has become a major concern for many. The demands on both the time and energy needed to provide the needed care can make it impossible to maintain both a full time job with full time
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As an attorney with license to practice law in both Florida and Ohio, I find that many people I come in contact with either live in Florida and have family in Ohio or vice versa. If you or someone you know happens to fall into one of those categories, you may want to consider the following comparison chart between Florida and Ohio as it
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I had a phone call today from a lady who was concerned about some “Medicaid planning” she had received through a non-elder law attorney firm. The nursing home in which her father resided had suggested she go to this firm of non-attorneys to discuss obtaining Medicaid qualification for her father. These people call themselves “Medicaid eligibility specialists” (an attorney cannot call themselves an expert
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Medicaid Managed Care in Florida A recent article published by the News Service of Florida points out that new Florida legislation enacted to “improve” care for seniors, will actually lead to more of the same…a wait list for the elderly in Florida. The Medicaid Managed Care program has been touted as helping florida seniors, and already they are talking about the wait lists that
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I am elder law attorney, but more importantly, I am an advocate for the elderly. As we all know, this waiver request seeks to expand the pilot project to include Florida’s seniors under a long term care managed care model. Within this model, the managed care organizations will be paid a capitated rate to cover any and all health care needs of these seniors.
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Now that the legislature and the Governor have approved Medicaid Reform, the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration (AHCA) must seek permission from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) (the federal government) to expand the waiver program to senior citizens. This means that AHCA will be asking CMS to allow Florida to put the weakest and poorest of our elderly population into the
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