Final Friday Update: October 2019

Recorded: October 25, 2019
Presented by Jill Roamer JD, ElderCounsel
Duration: 30 minutes

Agenda:

1. Update on the POMS requiring a SSA fee authorization while preparing a special needs trust
2. Hardship waiver denied for Medicaid applicant
3. No COA for Illinois Medicaid recipients
4. Trust that allowed HELOC deemed available asset
5. Real property is an available asset regardless of ability to sell
6. Nursing home residents sue over unreinforced re-admission orders
7. Public Charge Rule blocked by federal judges
8. Supreme Court declines to hear ADA case
9. State updates
   1. Louisiana issues renewal warning
   2. Update on Medicaid work requirements
10. New COLA announced for 2020
11. CMS adds neglect and abuse icon to website
12. Feel Good Friday
    1. University store employs folks on Autism spectrum