Take These Three Steps When Your Child Turns 18
When your child reaches the age of 18, you no longer have the same level of access to, or authority over, his or her financial, educational and medical information. There are steps you can take to make sure your child is protected.
Don’t Let Health Care Providers Use the Improvement Standard to Deny Medicare Coverage
Many health care providers are still not aware that Medicare is required to cover skilled nursing and home care even if a patient is not showing improvement.
Using a Prepaid Funeral Contract to Spend Down Assets for Medicaid
In addition to helping your family after your death, a prepaid funeral contract can be a good way to spend down assets in order to qualify for Medicaid.
Long-Term Care Scorecard Finds States Have Room for Improvement
A new report finds that states have made incremental improvements in providing long-term care, but need to achieve more gains in order to meet the needs of the growing number of people who require long-term care services.
