Medicaid Rules

The basic Medicaid rule for nursing home residents is that they must pay all of their income, minus certain deductions, to the nursing home. ...

Elderlaw 101

Medicaid (called "Medi-Cal" in California, "MassHealth" in Massachusetts, and "TennCare" in Tennessee) is a joint federal-state program that provides health insurance coverage to low-income children, seniors, and people with disabilities.

Elderlaw 101

In order to be eligible for Medicaid benefits a nursing home resident may have no more than $2,000 in "countable" assets (the figure may be somewhat higher in some states). ...

Elderlaw 101

There are circumstances in which transferring a house will not result in a Medicaid penalty period, and one of those is if the Medicaid applicant transfers the house to a "caretaker child."  ...

Elderlaw 101

Medicaid "has become a lifeline for millions of people who require nursing home care," and "simply cutting the progr...

A Medicaid eligibility worker in the state of Wyoming incorrectly advised a Medicaid applicant that the applicant&#3...

A nursing home in Altoona, Iowa, is restricting a husband's visits to his wife, who is a resident at the facility, a...

The New York Times Magazine ethics column ("The Ethicist") recently featured a question from a man who had in...

A new study by the National Council on the Aging (NCOA) contends tha...