Terry L. Garrett is a board-certified elder law attorney ("CELA") practicing in Austin, Texas.
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Medicaid, a means-tested public benefit paid out of the general tax revenues, is widely misunderstood. Medicaid pays for medical care for poor Americans and, in limited circumstances, permanent residents, refugees and other people needing emergency treatment. It is also the mainstay of the one-quarter of us who experience disability during the work years and, significantly, of middle- and working-class Americans needing home health and nursing home care. Yet many people wrongfully assume that they cannot qualify for Medicaid, try to qualify in the wrong way or do not know that they can preserve assets for their spouse, minor or disabled child or even to supplement Medicaid benefits. Medicaid 101 is an introduction to some of the over 100 Medicaid programs, administered differently from state to state with complicated rules and changing policies.
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Date / Time: December 14, 2023
Closed-captioning available
Terry L. Garret | The Garret Law Firm PLLC
Terry L. Garrett is a board-certified elder law attorney (“CELA”) practicing in Austin, Texas. A graduate of Cornell University and Columbia Law School, she serves on the federal advocacy committee of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (“NAELA”).
I. Medicaid Myths and Misconceptions | 12:00pm – 12:10pm
II. Medicaid Benefits: Nursing Home, HCBS and Medicaid Waiver Programs | 12:10pm – 12:20pm
III. Medical Necessity | 12:20pm – 12:30pm
IV. Planning with Income and Asset Caps | 12:30pm – 12:40pm
V. Income Caps, Defining and Diverting Income | 12:40pm – 12:50pm
VI. Exempt Assets and Spousal Impoverishment Rules | 12:50pm – 1:00pm
Break | 1:00pm – 1:10pm
VII. Durable Powers of Attorney and Guardianships | 1:10pm – 1:20pm
VIII. Medicaid Fair Hearings | 1:20pm – 1:30pm
IX. Medicaid Liens and Estate Recovery | 1:30pm – 1:40pm
only $395 yearly
only $395 yearly