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Articles on Medicare and Medicaid

Community spouse wins large Medicaid asset transfer amount By Steven C. Perlis Elder Law, November 1999 In a recent case in Cook County Chancery Division, a community spouse applying for Medicaid for her nursing facility resident husband succeeded in a contested case in keeping assets above the $81,960 asset allowance and income above the $2,049 monthly income allowance.
Medicare-Medicaid “dual eligibles” By Lee Beneze Elder Law, November 1999 Every member of the elderlaw bar should become familiar with the program for low income Medicare-Medicaid "dual eligibles."
The pooled trust as an asset conservation/Medicaid planning tool By Steven C. Perlis Elder Law, November 1999 This author has found many occasions for bringing up the possible use of a pooled trust as a sensible strategy for nursing home residents (or others) or their family members to consider.
Department of Public Aid attempts to argue immunity from contempt proceedings for unreasonable delays in Medicaid case By Steven C. Perlis Elder Law, April 1999 On April 30, 1998, a nursing home resident filed an appeal to the Cook County Circuit Court, Chancery Division, disputing the Illinois Department of Public Aid's denial of Medicaid eligibility.

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