Medicare Open Enrollment Starts October 15th. Act Now!
If you have Medicare and want to change your plan and secondary coverage you have the opportunity now to do it. If you miss …
New Jersey Adopts Medical Debt Act Which Restricts Collection Efforts By Healthcare and Other Medical Providers
In approximately 180 days, New Jersey will adopt the Medical Debt Act. Medical debt includes expenses charged for the provision of numerous medically related …
Is There Legal Liability When an Incapacitated Person Signs a Contract?
• A contract signed by an incapacitated person is generally voidable by the incapacitated party, meaning they can terminate it at any reasonable time …
New Jersey Offers Veterans a Number of Valuable Services
I came across a website sponsored by the state of New Jersey which is a terrific guide for available resources to veterans in New …
Here’s an Overview of Medicare Health Insurance
Medicare is a federal program of health insurance. Medicare pays for acute illness but it is not a program designed to provide benefits for …
How Do You File for Guardianship? A Simple Step-by-Step Explanation
An action for guardianship of an alleged incapacitated individual and the proceedings required for a judgment of incapacity are governed by court rules and …
Over Age 62? Consider a Domestic Partnership Instead of Getting Married
In love with someone but don’t want to get married? There is an alternative to marriage in New Jersey. It’s called a Domestic Partnership. …
Sick of New Jersey’s Obscene Taxes? Then Consider Changing Your Domicile and Move to Florida
Sick of New Jersey’s high taxes and anti-business politics in the state legislature? Then join the growing list of ex-patriots leaving for Florida and …
A Recent Federal Court Decision Permits a Patient the Right to Appeal a Change in Their Hospital Status
A federal appeals court granted certain hospital patients the right to appeal “observation stay designations in a ruling. It means many hospital patients will …
Can You Transfer Your Home With a Mortgage to a Trust Without Jeopardizing Your Bank Loan?
There is a Federal law called the Garn-St Germain Act. Federal Regulations exempt transfers to trusts in which the transferor or a member of …
Medicare Now Covers the Cost of COVID At-Home Tests
If you have Medicare, you can now receive up to eight free rapid at-home Covid-19 tests a month at participating pharmacies. The free tests …
It’s Medicare Open Enrollment Time: Is Your Plan Still Working for You?
Every year Medicare gives beneficiaries a window of opportunity to shop around and determine if their current Medicare plan is still the best one …
Understanding Medicare and Your Right to Rehab and Therapy in a Skilled Nursing Center
In 2013, a federal district court approved a settlement agreement in a landmark case named Jimmo v. Sebelius. The Jimmo Settlement confirmed that Medicare …
Federal Government Agency Announces Support for Indoor Visitation to Nursing Home Residents
For many families, restrictions on visits to their loved ones who live in assisted living facilities and nursing homes has been devastating. Today, the …
COVID Vaccinations
Today, New Jersey announced that certain individuals under the age of 64 will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination soon. This news is a …
Consider Alternative Care Facilities for an Aging Adult Besides an Assisted Living or Nursing Home
When considering options for long term care in a facility setting, most people know about assisted living facilities and nursing homes. There are, however, …
Can a Nursing Home, Assisted Living Resident Refuse the COVID Vaccine?
Vaccines are always controversial. For many of us, we view our right to receive a vaccine – or refuse it – to be similar …
Holiday Visitation
After more than seven months of “sheltering in place” and limited “outdoor” visitation, many of our clients want to bring Mom or Dad home …
Refusal of Vaccinations While Living at Long-Term Care Facility
We received an inquiry from someone whose mother resides at an assisted living facility. The facility told residents it will be giving out flu …
After the Wedding Bells Have Rung Again, Update your Estate Plan
It is surprising how often we hear of situations in which a person passed away unexpectedly or had a catastrophic accident or stoke, and …
The Importance of Having a Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan
Medicare pays for hospital and doctor costs for persons over age 65 Not all medical costs are covered by Medicare This article discusses Medicare …
Appealing Termination of Benefits and Coverage By Medicare: What Can You Do?
Termination of Medicare coverage can be appealed The Medicare appeal process is complicated and complex This article discusses in detail the Medicare appeal process …
Appealing Denial of Medicare Coverage
Your hospital admission status is a critical factor for Medicare coverage Medicare says you must be admitted as “Inpatient” rather than as “observation status” …
The Importance of an Emergency Room Classification in Order to be Medicare Covered
Emergency room doctors are agents of Medicare Medicare regulations require you to be admitted to the hospital for expanded benefits This article discusses and …
Family Members Fight for Right to Visit Ailing Parents and Relatives
Many states are passing laws to allow visitation by close family members regardless of whether a Power of Attorney or Guardian approves of the …
Is Suicide Ever Okay?
This blog was written by an elder law colleague of mine, Victoria Collier, Esq., who lives in Georgia. I met Victoria years ago but …
Should New Jersey’s Department of Motor Vehicles Be Alerted to An Aging Parent’s Unsafe Driving?
Many clients want to avoid going to the DMV about their parent(s). He or she may be mentally sharp, but their vision is deteriorating. …
Short-Term Care Insurance: An Alternative to the Long-Term Care Variety
Truth be told, I really had never heard about short term care insurance. I’m a really big advocate for long term care insurance though …
NJ Allows Terminally Ill to Get Life-Ending Meds
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. of Hanlon Niemann & Wright, a Monmouth County, Freehold, NJ Elder Care Attorney Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday signed …
How to Use a Reverse Mortgage for Elder Care Medical and Home Expenses
By Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. a Freehold Township, Monmouth County New Jersey Elder Care Attorney Reverse mortgages have been an on again, off again way …
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