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How are Income Payments to the Nursing Home Calculated for Medicaid Long-Term Care Benefits?

By Robert C. Gerhard, III

It is important to make sure that a Medicaid applicant’s income is properly calculated and paid to the nursing home. Sometimes a Medicaid application is filed and remains pending for …

Can You Avoid Medicaid’s 5-Year Look-Back Penalties?

By Robert C. Gerhard, III

When you apply for Medicaid, the agency will launch a 5-year look-back, in which they review your finances for the 60 months preceding your application date to determine whether you …

Exceptions to the Medicaid Requirement to Pay Income to the Nursing Home

By Robert C. Gerhard, III

An individual in a nursing home who qualifies for Medical Assistance (Medicaid) long-term care benefits will normally have to pay their income to the nursing facility, but exceptions apply to …

What Happens If I’m Denied Medicaid Benefits or Receive a Penalty From the Results of the Look-Back Period?

By Robert C. Gerhard, III

Medicaid is essential in helping individuals access medical care, especially elderly patients in need of long-term nursing care. But accessing Medicaid requires undergoing the 5-year look-back period, which is when …

How to Avoid the Medicaid 5-Year Look-Back Period

By Robert C. Gerhard, III

The Medicaid 5-year look-back is designed to review an applicant’s personal finances for the previous 60 months to ensure he or she qualifies for Medicaid long-term care benefits and to …

How to Make the Medicaid Application Process Go More Smoothly

By Robert C. Gerhard, III

We receive many phone calls from potential clients who have run into challenges with applying for Medicaid in PA or the Medicaid application process and we see a number of …

Gifts Can Create Ineligibility for Pennsylvania Medical Assistance (Medicaid) Long-Term Care Benefits

By Robert C. Gerhard, III

Parents sometimes help their children financially. Grandparents give money to their grandchildren. Unfortunately if that parent or grandparent is admitted to a nursing home within 5 years of such gifting and needs to apply for Medical Assistance…

How Does Pennsylvania Treat Joint Bank Accounts for Medicaid Eligibility?

By Robert C. Gerhard, III

There are various pitfalls of parents and children owning bank accounts jointly, especially when it comes to applying for Medicaid long-term care benefits.

Elder Law and Asset Protection from Nursing Home Costs

By Robert C. Gerhard, III

You do not need to become impoverished due to your spouse’s nursing home costs. We help protect assets from nursing home costs, legally. There are federal and state rules that …