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Legal Alert: The Continuous Coverage Requirement for NYS Medicaid Program Has Ended
In December 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) unlinked the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement from the public health emergency for the first time since March 2020. As a result of this change in the law, each state will be permitted to begin redetermining Medicaid eligibility as of February 1, 2023. According to the NYC Human Resources […]
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Senior Dreams Come True Grants First Wish of 2023
Linda D., an East End senior, found herself in a difficult situation when her refrigerator stopped working. After recently losing her husband to a years-long battle with cancer, the inconvenience of a broken freezer filled with spoiled defrosted food was intolerable. Cona Elder Law partnered with the Family Service League to “Adopt a Senior” as […]
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Legal Alert: New Law Means All Medicaid Recipients Must Recertify Beginning in April 2023
Since the onset of the Public Health Emergency created by the COVID-19 pandemic, federal law has required each state to maintain Medicaid eligibility for its Medicaid recipients in exchange for receiving billions of dollars in Medicaid funding, commonly referred to as the continuous coverage requirement. Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), Medicaid recipients […]
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Avoiding Evictions in Your Assisted Living Facility
No matter how diligently you vet a prospective resident, there are going to be times when your facility gets stuck with a resident, or a resident’s family, who doesn’t pay the bill. Most Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) think that the only recourse is to initiate eviction proceedings. Before COVID, your typical eviction proceeding would drag […]
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Veteran’s Benefits: What You Need to Know
Many veterans don’t realize that they may be eligible for additional benefits from the Veterans Administration. The Veterans Administration offers many types of benefits, from service connected benefits to low-income pension benefits. Service Connected Benefits A Veteran may be entitled to compensation as a result of a service-connected disability. Compensation is paid to a service […]
Continue readingThe Takeaway From CFPB & CMS’ September 8, 2022 “Notification Letter”
It seems like every Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) reacted differently to The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) joint “Notification Letter”. Some SNFs simply shrugged it off, thinking that it was pure puffery on the Feds part while others, and I believe rightfully so, read the “Notification […]
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Can You Trust Your Trust?
Published in the Long Island Press, longislandpress.com, and danspapers.com. There are many kinds of trusts, each with a different purpose, such as asset protection, minimizing estate taxes, and avoiding probate. If your objective is asset protection and Medicaid planning, it is imperative that you have your trust reviewed by an elder law attorney to ensure […]
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Hofstra Law Announces Cona Elder Law Annual Scholarship
Cona Elder Law is proud to announce the establishment of our annual Cona Elder Law Scholarship to be awarded to a 2L student at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, with an interest in pursuing a career in Elder Law. We have been successfully recruiting talent from Hofstra Law School for […]
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The Legal Nuances of SCPA Article 17-A Guardianships
As published in the NYSBA Elder and Special Needs Law Journal | 2022 | Vol. 32 | No. 2 Many parents of children with developmental disabilities[i] or intellectual disabilities[ii] spend years working to ensure that their children receive the best resources and services available to them. Their tireless advocacy likely began in their earliest days […]
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Cheryl Katz-Erato Recognized in LIBN’s WHO’s WHO: Women in Professional Services
Professional women explain new developments 2022 has brought to their industry. In 2020, during the height of COVID-19, the then-Governor issued Executive Order 202.14 which modified NYS law to enable Wills to be signed remotely. This modification was welcomed as it enabled estate attorneys to change their strict in-person practices to adapt to COVID. However, in […]
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