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Medicare Coverage While Traveling Within the U.S.
When people retire- they often have more time to travel. Although Medicare coverage is generally not available when beneficiaries are overseas- what about coverage for those exploring our own varied…
Fighting Nursing Home Discrimination Against Medicaid Recipients
While it is illegal for a nursing home to discriminate against a Medicaid recipient- it still happens. To prevent such discrimination- nursing home residents and their families need to know…
Obama Signs Law Requiring Hospitals to Warn of Costly Medicare Loophole
President Obama has signed a new law intended to prevent Medicare beneficiaries from spending days in a hospital only to find that they hadn’t been admitted to the hospital at…
Dangerous elder law myths, involving Medicaid and Medicare Broadcast
” Dangerous Elder Law Myths 1. Myth: Medicare and Private Insurance will cover the cost of long term care when I go into a nursing home. Medicare only pays for…
Cost of Private Nursing Home Room Now Averaging $92-150 Annually
The median cost of a private nursing home room in the United States has increased 4.2 percent to $91-250 a year- according to the 2015 edition of a Cost of Care…
Evaluating Applications for Attorney’s Fees and Costs: What is “Reasonable?”
On March 7, 2013, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a detailed legal opinion providing a roadmap for any attorney filing an application for…
How to Use Embedded Appellate Counsel at Trial
With appeals of right now the norm in Virginia’s state and federal courts, many trial teams would benefit from associating with appellate counsel early. ThompsonMcMullan’s John O’Herron is leading a…
Civil Litigators: Are You Ready for Appeals of Right?
On January 1, 2022, appeals of right came to Virginia. This change transforms not just appellate practice, but litigation as a whole in Virginia’s courts. In this crash course for…
For Better or for Worse- States Are Turning to Managed Care for Medicaid Long-Term Care
More and more states are switching to a managed care model when dealing with Medicaid long-term care patients- a change that has resulted in a loss of services in some…