Medicaid Rules

Whether you should prepare and file a Medicaid application by yourself or should hire help depends on answers to the following questions:...

Reunions, graduations, birthdays, and holidays: Whatever the occasion, nursing home residents don't want to miss out on family gatherings, but may be afraid that they will lose Medicare or Medicaid coverage if they leave the nursing home.

While Medicare gets most of the news coverage, Medicaid still remains a bit of mystery to many people.

A reverse mortgage can be a great tool in the right circumstances, but if you aren't careful you could end up losing your home. . .

We’ve all heard that it’s better to give than to receive, but if you think you might someday want to apply for Medicaid long-term care benefits, you need to be careful because giving away money or property can interfere with...

Many people believe that if they give away an amount equal to the annual gift tax exclusion -- which is currently $15,000 to any one individual -- this gift will be exempted from Medicaid's five-year look-back at transfers that could...

Medicare is launching a pilot program to determine whether relaxing its payment rules can help patients who require nursing home care after a hospital stay. . .

In upholding the President Obama's health reform law, the Supreme Court ensured the preservation and continued roll-out of improvements and protections . . . ...

Some nursing homes are reaping profits at the same time that many are cutting back on care workers . . . ...