Righting a Wrong: Cavitch Recovers a Family’s Assets from a Dishonest Caregiver
16 Jul 2018Cavitch shareholder Max Dehn recently prosecuted a lawsuit to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars wrongfully taken from an Ohio family. This is a summary of the family’s story. Names have been Read More
Pooled Trusts: Is the End Near?
27 Apr 2018Ohio is one of few states that allows funding of a “Pooled” trust for persons over 65 years of age. What is a pooled trust? A pooled trust holds assets of disabled Read More
Reporting Abuse and Neglect in Nursing Homes Found Inadequate by OIG
31 Aug 2017The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued an “early alert” titled “The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Has Inadequate Procedures to Ensure That Read More
Aging Parents, Material Things and Children Who May Not Want It
30 Aug 2017As the baby boomers grow older in the US, the volume of unwanted keepsakes and family heirlooms is likely to grow to incredible proportions. Simultaneously, there will be a growing number of Read More
Court Gives Hope to Medicare Beneficiaries Denied Nursing Home Coverage due to “Observation” Status
16 Aug 2017Medicare Part A covers skilled nursing home benefits (up to 100 days) but only after the beneficiary has been admitted to a hospital for three days. Medicare and Hospitals have been relegating people to Read More
CMS Proposes to Reverse Restrictions in Arbitration in Nursing Homes
14 Aug 2017CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) has proposed new rules which would reverse Obama administration rules banning pre-dispute binding arbitration provisions for long-term care facility (nursing home) contracts. The new rule Read More
Congress Seeks to Significantly Curtail Ability to “Stretch” IRA Accounts.
04 Aug 2017In most cases an IRA account inherited by a child from a parent can currently continue to be held in a tax-free state, except that the child will be required to take Read More
Disabled Individuals May Now Create Their Own Special Needs Trusts
02 Aug 2017Until last December, a person who wanted to create a special needs trust with their own funds couldn’t set it up themselves. Instead they had to have the trust created by a Read More
MyRA Program Terminated
29 Jul 2017The Obama-era MyRA program was designed for those who didn’t have access to a 401(K) or other retirement plan at work. The Treasury Department is terminating the program, according to the New Read More
Can I Deduct those Assisted Living Payments as a Medical Expense?
19 Jan 2017I recently was shown a letter from an assisted living facility giving the opinion that my client could deduct 17% of the payments made to the facility the year before. They estimated Read More
Medicaid
19 Jan 2017On August 1, 2016, Medicaid was transformed for those who are looking for nursing home or home care services. Prior to August 1, 2016, Ohio revised some of its regulations to prevent Read More