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Filial Responsibility Law – Another Tool for Nursing Homes to Get Paid – Son Liable for Mother’s $92,943 Nursing Home Bill Under Pennsylvania Law

[05/10/12]

Posted on May 10, 2012 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice

Written by: Fahey, Sean J.

Recently, a Pennsylvania appeals court found a son liable for his mother’s $92,943 unpaid nursing home bill under Pennsylvania’s filial responsibility law.  READ MORE

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Wife’s Nursing Home Debt Cannot Be Discharged in Bankruptcy

[04/13/12]

Posted on April 13, 2012 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice

Written by: Fahey, Sean J.

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky held that the wife of a nursing home resident was contractually bound through a nursing home admissions agreement to apply for Medicaid benefits on behalf of her husband and who failed to do so, could not discharge the amount due to the nursing... READ MORE

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Michigan Begins Medicaid Estate Recovery

[07/08/11]

Posted on July 8, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice

Written by: Fahey, Sean J.

Michigan’s Department of Community Health will enforce Michigan’s Medicaid Asset Recovery Act (MCL Sec. 400.112g) with efforts starting July 1, 2011.  Michigan may file claims in the probate estates of individuals age 55 or older who received Medicaid benefits that paid for long term care services after September 30, 2007.   Michigan’s claim would seek... READ MORE

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