Posts Tagged: Medicaid

Medicaid & The Rising Cost of Nursing Homes in Massachusetts

Jun 12, 2020 / By: Lantz Law, Inc.

Category: Elder Law, Medicaid

F. Tenney Lantz is an attorney and a Certified Veterans Specialist for Lantz Law, Inc., in North Dartmouth, MA, specializing in Estate Planning and Medicaid. She has helped many families with protecting their wealth from...

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Protecting Your Assets – Part 4

Jun 3, 2020 / By: Lantz Law, Inc.

Category: Blog, Estate Planning

 

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Uncompensated Transfers

Jun 1, 2020 / By: Lantz Law, Inc.

Category: Estate Planning, legal education

Medicaid is a state-federal partnership that provides medical benefit assistance to people who qualify, especially those over 65 years of age. However, in order to qualify, you also need to meet certain financial requirements such...

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Irrevocable Medicaid Trusts

Jun 1, 2020 / By: Lantz Law, Inc.

Category: Estate Planning, Medicaid

Medicaid is a state-federal partnership that provides medical benefit assistance to certain needy people, especially those over 65 years of age. However, you need to meet financial requirements such as asset limits to qualify. Assets...

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IMPORTANT – Medicaid & Special Needs Update!

Sep 25, 2019 / By: Lantz Law, Inc.

Category: Medicaid

Three Recent Developments of Importance to Those With Current or Future Medicaid and/or Special Needs If you or someone you know or love has an older relative or friend facing a nursing home placement or...

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Protect Your Assets From a Nursing Home

Mar 12, 2019 / By: Lantz Law, Inc.

Category: General

Anyone who has had a loved one in a nursing home knows of how incredibly expensive nursing home care can be and how quickly assets can be depleted to cover such expense. Eventually, most seniors...

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Why You Should Hire an Attorney for Medicaid Planning

Jan 15, 2019 / By: Lantz Law, Inc.

Category: Attorney, Massachusetts, Medicaid

When we refer to “Medicaid” we are referring to a situation in which someone is in a nursing home and has spent all their money and needs to apply for financial assistance to pay for...

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The American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys

Dec 17, 2018 / By: Lantz Law, Inc.

Category: Attorney, Estate Planning

The American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys or AAEPA is an exclusive network for estate planning attorneys. Since its start in 1993, it has become the leading organization in the nation for promoting top results...

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Why You Need a Medicaid Attorney

Sep 12, 2017 / By: Lantz Law, Inc.

Category: Blog, Fairhaven, General, Massachusetts, Medicaid, New Bedford, Nursing Homes

Medicaid is an incredibly complicated program with provisions that render even the most experienced attorneys perplexed. The bottom line is this: Medicaid exists to provide funding for long term care, most of the time nursing...

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Top 10 Reasons Why Your Estate Plan Needs Your Attention Now!

Dec 5, 2016 / By: Lantz Law, Inc.

Category: Blog, Dartmouth, Estate Planning, Fairhaven, Fiduciaries, General, Medicaid, New Bedford, Trusts, Will

Estate planning isn’t meant to be a “one and done” type of project. Estate planning reflects the totality of a person’s life, and therefore it should reflect changes that occur in our lives. Not only...

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