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The Sketchley Law Firm, P.A. was established in 2002 by Twyla Sketchley, a Florida Bar Board Certified Elder Law Attorney. We are dedicated to providing clients compassionate, quality representation, and helping create a safe supportive community for our most vulnerable neighbors.
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Beware of Medicaid Mills and Pension Poachers
Medicaid Mills and Pension Poachers are companies usually run and staffed by non-attorneys that prey on individuals’ fears of paying catastrophic long term care costs, in order to sell financial products, create legal entities and dispose of the victim's assets to...
Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2014
On October 30, 2013, two weeks late due to the government shutdown, the Social Security Administration announced the annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) for 2014. COLA is based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W), produced by the Bureau of Labor...
Transitioning to Medicaid Managed Care & Consumer Choice
Beginning on August 1, 2013, Florida began transitioning Medicaid recipients receiving or applying for long term care benefits into the new Florida Medicaid Managed Care Long Term Care Waiver, also known as Medicaid reform. The transition began with Region 7, which...
What If My Elderly Parent is an Unsafe Driver?
We have all heard stories of an impaired elderly driver causing accidents that harm people and damage property. While age does change how we respond to stimuli, age does not automatically cause individuals to become so impaired they cannot drive. Not every older...
Florida’s Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Long Term Program
On August 1, 2011, Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) submitted an application to the federal government's Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting a waiver of federal Medicaid rules for the state. This waiver requested that...
What is Managed Care or a Managed Care Plan?
Managed care is a form of health insurance. It is a health or long term care delivery system in which a managed care organization is responsible for providing health or long term care to the individuals enrolled in their organizations. Managed care plans as health...