by Twyla Sketchley | Dec 12, 2013 | Caregivers
The State of Florida has long recognized that serving as a guardian is a difficult job and one that requires payment. The Florida Legislature has put the standard for payment in the guardianship statutes to ensure that it is recognized as a job that one would not do...
by Twyla Sketchley | Oct 31, 2013 | Financial Assistance
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...
by Twyla Sketchley | Oct 22, 2013 | Financial Assistance
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...
by Twyla Sketchley | Oct 10, 2013 | Financial Assistance
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...
by Twyla Sketchley | Mar 7, 2013 | Financial Assistance
As someone who advocates for seniors everyday, I was disturbed by the Associated Press article running in many Florida papers February 24-25, 2013: “DCF: Medicaid paying nursing home bill for wealthy.” The article carried only information from a...