Medicaid Planning Strategies

The Georgia Department of Community Health has approved aggressive new rules that allow the state to recover from th...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that Medicare plans to cover positron emission to...

Many poor elderly who receive Medicaid could actually see their prescription drug coverage reduced under the new Med...

As Erin Madigan, a writer for Stateline.org, aptly puts it, "states are leaving no stone unturned in their search for ways to save money in health care — not even gravestones."...

The IRS has relaxed its criteria somewhat for when homeowners can exclude capital gains on the sale of their home. ...

In a closely watched estate recovery case, the Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that liens may be imposed on the homes...

Maryland's highest court has ruled that a continuing care retirement community's requirement that residents not spend down their assets to qualify for Medicaid violates Medicaid law.

Disabled Medicaid recipients living at home who are allowed to direct their own care are more satisfied with their c...

Critics of current laws that allow older Americans to transfer assets and still qualify for Medicaid coverage of long-term care often claim that the wealthy are benefiting from these laws. Millionaires, so the story goes, are intentionally impoverishing themselves...