Elder Law and Special Needs Law News Roundup – 10-14-2022

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Medicare Open Enrollment begins October 15th and continues through December 7th, 2022

General News Sources and Top News:

Caregiving News:

• Geriatric Care in the Community Setting: When Older Adults Can No Longer Live Alone at Home
• One in three Alzheimer’s disease family caregivers has persistent symptoms of depression
• “Why Do They Do That?” webinar featuring Teepa Snow, November 1 at 12pm ET
• Navigating Family Caregiving: Personal Stories and Practical Tools, November 15 at 9pm PT

Consumer Protection, Scams, Abuse:

• Coordinating a National Approach to Violence Prevention
• Elder Abuse Annual Research Compilation
• Elder abuse in the COVID-19 era based on calls to the National Center on Elder Abuse resource line
• 2021 Adult Maltreatment Report

Health and Healthcare Related News:

• Searching for a nursing home? Biden administration takes ‘unprecedented step’ to release ownership data
• Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use among Nursing Home Residents: Medication Errors Associated with Pro re nata Medications and the Importance of Pill Burden
• Effect of Medicaid Expansion on Health Insurance for Low-Income Nursing Home Aides
• Educational technology to guide self-care for elderly patients at hospital discharge to the home
• Life expectancy tool may improve quality of life for patients with dementia
• Readmission Reduction as a Hospital Quality Measure
• October Is National Protect Your Hearing Month: Safeguard Your Hearing
• Final regulations adopt ‘family-friendly’ health care affordability test
• Nursing home residence, overweight and cognitive status are related to falls in older adults: a cross-sectional study
• Podcast: How to Lower Your Risk of Cancer

Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and VA Benefits:

• Biden vows to save Social Security and Medicare in face of shortfalls, but offers few details
• Millions of Americans will save on Medicare fees next year
• CMS Announces 2023 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles 2023 Medicare Part D Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amounts
• CMS Announces Lower Premiums for Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plans in 2023
• New case: South Carolina Dep’t of Mental Health v. South Carolina Dep’t of Health and Human Services, Docket No. 22-ALJ-08-0162-AP, October 7, 2022) (Denying Medicaid agency’s motion to dismiss where there was appeal of denial of eligibility); 2022 SC ALJ LEXIS 347
• Recent Articles Address Medicare Advantage Overpayments and Inappropriate Denials
• A Vision of Medicare Coverage for New and Emerging Technologies—A Consistent Process to Foster Innovation and Promote Value
• ‘Separate and Unequal’: Critics Say Newsom’s Pricey Medicaid Reforms Leave Most Patients Behind

Special Needs News:

• SCOTUS case could change special ed dispute resolution, settlement processes
• Podcast: The Keys to Special-Needs Planning
• DOJ finds Alabama’s foster care system violates Americans with Disabilities Act
• Discrimination Shapes Care Access for Patients with Disabilities

Government Sources:

• GAO: Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Benefits and Challenges of Machine Learning Technologies for Medical Diagnostics
• CMS: Medicare Outpatient Hospitals – by Provider and Service
• CMS: Medicare Outpatient Hospitals – by Geography and Service
• ACL Awards Nearly $17.3 Million to Advance Equity and Inclusion for People with Disabilities and Older Adults
• GAO: Millions of People May Still Be Eligible For COVID-19 Stimulus Payments, But Time Is Running Out

Retirement and Financial News:

• IRS Delays Initial Effective Date of RMD Proposed Regulations, Grants Relief for Certain 2021 and 2022 Payments
• Most Americans Financially Unable to Retire at 65
• Retirement Planning: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
• Podcast: Best Treatment for a Spousal Interited IRA
• Free weekly credit reports are available through the end of 2023. Why you may want to check yours now

Estate Planning

• Virtual currency grantor trusts and ETFs: Tax compliance
• Major Life Events May Impact Your Estate Plan
• Do you have a plan for your estate?
• The Secure Act & Inherited IRAs: 10 Considerations for Estate Planning
• How Will Life Insurance Pay My Beneficiaries?
• I have a general power of attorney over my mother who is 89. Does this document give me the right to take care of my mother’s financial obligations?
• Andy Warhol Foundation Lawsuit Hits the Supreme Court

Legal News:

• Is Choosing Death Too Easy in Canada?
• DOL Proposes New Independent Contractor Rule
• Labor Department Proposes to Rescind Flexible Independent Contractor Test and Re-Impose Outdated Standard: 5 Key Questions
• Supreme Court urged to preserve private suits against public nursing homes
• Arbitration Has Come to Senior Living. You Don’t Have to Sign Up
• Treasury moves forward with database on corporate ownership
• Psychosocial Work Environment and Well-Being of Direct Care Staff Under Different Ownership Types
• IRS Publication 904 Updated

New and Updated Pages:

• Miscellaneous Resource Nuggets – Medicaid and SSI
• What is a Medicare Supplement Policy (Medigap policy)?

Interesting, But Not Elder Law:

• Guys, You Can Avoid Those Shaving ‘Razor Bumps’

Not New, But Worth Remembering:

• State Bar of Georgia: Find a Lawyer Directory
• EzElderLaw Financial Toolbox
• 2022 SSI and Spousal Impoverishment Standards

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