by Jill Burzynski | Aug 15, 2016 | Blog, Financing Long Term Care
The Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act (NOTICE Act) was signed into law last year. This law is meant to avoid the problems that occur when a Medicare patient is hospitalized for multiple days, but classified as “Observation...
by Jill Burzynski | Jun 3, 2016 | Blog, Caregiver Issues, Financing Long Term Care, Medicaid, Trusts
Many clients come to us with Living Trusts (also known as “Revocable Trusts”) in place that were prepared 10-15 years ago when the amount that one could pass to beneficiaries without paying estate taxes was significantly lower. Trusts were needed back then to minimize...
by Jill Burzynski | Apr 22, 2016 | Blog, Caregiver Issues, Estate Planning, Financing Long Term Care, Health Care Advocacy, Medicaid, Uncategorized
Life Care Planning is a unique practice model that combines traditional elder law including Medicaid and Estate Planning with care advocacy. A few years ago, I received a call from a financial planner about one of her clients. She started the conversation with “I...
by Jill Burzynski | Apr 15, 2016 | Blog, Caregiver Issues, Health Care Advocacy, Uncategorized
Knowing your obligations when hiring home care workers is critical. Complying with the Fair Labor Standards Act is required. Even if you use and agency, you may become personally liable for overtime or minimum wage violations. Most home care workers are actually...
by Jill Burzynski | Mar 25, 2016 | Blog, Caregiver Issues, Financing Long Term Care, Health Care Advocacy, Medicaid
Just today I received a call from a family member who is being told by a rehabilitation facility that his loved one will be discharged from Medicare because “she is no longer improving.” I let the man know that “not improving” is not an appropriate reason to deny...
by Jill Burzynski | Mar 11, 2016 | Blog
Natalya McGill, Benefits Coordinator and Probate and Guardianship paralegal at Burzynski Elder Law has earned the designation Florida Registered Paralegal. A Florida Registered Paralegal is a paralegal who has met the education, training, certification and work...
