Able Accounts & SNTS – Pamphlet

In order for skilled nursing home facilities to receive payment under the Medicare or Medicaid programs, the facility must meet certain federal requirements. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently released a final rule revising these requirements. This is the first comprehensive update to long-term care facility requirements since 1991. CMS released…

I am often asked why we should worry about planning for long-term care. It is a good question. I think before we can talk about why we should talk about what. What is long-term care? We hear that phrase all over the place. What does it actually mean? Long-term care happens in that phase of life…

Families face a number of challenges when a loved one dies. The last thing a grieving family member needs is to be bombarded with calls from creditors trying to collect the debts of the deceased relative. It happens, nonetheless. Fortunately, the obligation of repayment generally does not extend to the deceased debtor’s family members. Instead,…