Medicaid Rules

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced it will now permit states to give Medicaid. . .

Doctors must now meet face-to-face with their patients who are receiving home health care if the patient's visits are to be reimbursed . . .

A nursing home advocacy group is calling on the federal government to investigate Florida governor Rick Scott's recent . . .

For many Medicaid applicants, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) are one of their biggest assets.

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...

Several little-noticed provisions in the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 fundamentally alter how the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid programs treat tax refunds and other tax credits, making it easier for elders and...

Medicaid law imposes a penalty period if you transferred assets within five years of applying, but what if the transfers had nothing to do with Medicaid? How do you prove you made the transfers for a purpose other than to...

Access to affordable medical care is especially important during a health crisis. New federal law prevents states that have accepted increased Medicaid funding from terminating Medicaid benefits during the coronavirus health emergency.

The coronavirus relief bill includes a direct payment to most Americans.  How will this sudden cash infusion affect the eligibility of those receiving Medicaid long-term care services? ...