Elder Law and Special Needs Law News Roundup – 7-1-2022

We regularly post links to news articles and other resources related to Elder Law and Special Needs Law. We focus on general news, health and healthcare news, special needs news, events, government sources, financial and retirement news and legal news. Some cited resources are for professionals, but most are news or other helpful articles we found scouring the internet. Only headlines are listed so you can use this page like a newspaper, reading only those articles where the headline catches your eye. Although we review a number of sources collecting information, many of the articles listed here were found using Google Alerts. If a link you need has gone missing, try pasting the link into the Wayback Machine (Internet Archive). We do not vouch for the quality or accuracy of information on third-party sites. If you have news you want us to post in a future addition of our news roundup, email us at websupport@ezelderlaw.com.

General News Sources and Top News:

Caregiving News:

• Life after a stroke: Family and friends provide nearly all post-hospital care, but who’s caring for the caregivers?
• Podcast: A Meditation on Family, Caregiving, and Secrets
• How can I keep track of a loved one who wanders?
• Unmet Support Service Needs Among Rural Family Caregivers
• Caring for the Caregiver: Balancing Work While Caring for Others
• Caregivers Suffer from Dementia Too
• FamilyCaregivers Can Get Paid: An Introdution to Structured Family Care
• AARP Poll Reveals Strong Support for Family Caregiver Tax Credit

Consumer Protection, Scams, Abuse:

• Georgia Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit Seeks to Identify Person of Interest
• More than 1K elderly residents in Nueces County are victims of abuse, here’s how Adult Protective Services is helping
• Johns Creek man pleads guilty to defrauding elderly man
• Former Florida attorney who stole millions from 108-year-old will serve jail time, authorities said
• Employer liable for off-hours robbery by employee of customer
• Researchers Spot Sign of Alzheimer’s Risk That Scammers Love
• Three More Defendants Sentenced for Their Roles in Wide-Ranging Medicaid Fraud Conspiracy

Health and Healthcare Related News:

• Podcast: Tuberculosis Screening and Treatment
• Relationship Between Polypharmacy and Geriatric Syndromes in Older Nursing Home Residents
• Care Management For Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: The Roles Of Nurses, Pharmacists, And Social Workers
• COVID-19 in Skilled Nursing Homes and Other Long-Term Care Facilities
• Using viruses to treat antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections
• National Cancer Survivor Month – Resources for Employment and Accommodations
• How to choose a nursing home for—and with—aging parents
• White House Releases New Patient Privacy Guidelines For Post-Roe World
• 38-Year-Old Learns the Surprising Reason She Had a Heart Attack
• Fresh genetics data, available fast (Alzheimer’s research)
• Discharge Plan and Checklist

Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and VA Benefits:

• U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs UnitedHealth Group challenge on Medicare overpayments
• Medicare’s Free Wellness Visit Can Prevent Diabetes Amputation
• To Boost Cancer Care, CMS Plans New ‘Enhancing Oncology’ Payment Model
• CMA Alert | June 23, 2022
• CMA Alert | June 30, 2022
• New Case: Gallegos v. Kijakazi (D. N.M. 6/22/2022) (SSDI case where magistrate reversed ALJ’s denial of benefits; “substantial evidence [did] not support the ALJ’s reasons for rejecting [doctor’s] opinion)
• Podcast: Update to Georgia’s Medicaid Benefits
• Unwinding and Returning to Regular Medicaid Operations after COVID-19
• Changes coming to Medicaid in 2022

Special Needs News:

• Special needs students benefit from ‘Camp Wonder’
• ‘Everyone’s life touches someone with a mental health condition’
• NAELA President’s Recognition Award Honors Surfing For Autism
• MyConnect creates a community for parents of children with special needs
• Is This Schizoid Personality Disorder, Autism, or Both?
• Developing digital tool for autism families
• How to plan for the care of your special needs child beyond your lifetime

Events, Webcasts & Podcasts:

• 6th Annual Medicaer Secondary Payer Conditional Payment Forum, Streaming July 11-13, 2022
• American Hospital Association Leadership Summit, July 17-19, 2022
• Rocky Mountain Regional Elder Law Retreat, August 25-27, 2022
• NELF 2022 Forum, September 9-10 in Kansas City, MO
• 53rd Annual Estate Planning Institute, PLI, September 12, 2022
• Best Practices in Trust Account Management, Tenn. Comm. on CLE, September 14, 2022, 9am to Noon CDT
• Life Care Planning for the Elderly Client: Fundamentals and Practice, September 21, 2022
• Elder Abuse Conference (Oregon AG), October 20-21, 2021
• National Conference on Guardianship, Dallas, TX, October 22-25, 2022
• ARC National Convention, November 10-12, Denver Colorado
• CareFreeMe – Virutal Study for memory loss patients considering retiring from driving

Government Sources:

• CMS: Updated version of Medicare Coverage of Diabetes Supplies, Services & Prevention Programs
• CMS: Updated version of Medicare Rights & Protections
• GAO: Medicaid: State Directed Payments in Managed Care
• GAO: Medicare Advantage: Continued Monitoring and Implementing GAO Recommendations Could Improve Oversight
• Medicare Monthly Enrollment now updated throuh March 2022
• Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment Trend Snapshot now updated through March 2022
• GAO: Military Personnel: Opportunities Exist to Improve Access to Services Supporting Caregivers of Dependents with Special Needs
• CMS: Updated Guidance for Nursing Home Resident Health and Safety
• CMS Issues Significant Updates to Improve the Safety and Quality Care for Long-Term Care Residents and Calls for Reducing Room Crowding

Retirement and Financial News:

• The Secure Act Changed Inherited IRA Rules. What’s an Advisor to Do?
• LGBTQ financial planning: Learn to ask the right questions
• 8 Money Tips for Seniors Suffering from Inflation
• Some ‘Secure 2.0’ retirement proposals in the Senate look different from the House version. Here are key provisions under consideration
• Second Senate Secure Act 2.0 Bill Sails Through Committee
• The 5-Year Rule and Multiple Beneficiaries (Ed Slott)
• Too Old to Convert? Think Again (Ed Slott)
• Millennials want to retire early at 59. Here’s how to make that happen
• When Should You Hire a Financial Advisor?

Estate Planning

• Financial Independence After Divorce: You Can Go Your Own Way
• Farms, Families Often Suffer Without Estate Planning
• Philly LGBTQ couples are worried about their rights after Roe fell. So they’re turning to estate planning
• Power of attorney not a basis for trust creation
• How to File a Final Tax Return for a Person Who Has Died
• Are Online Wills Legal?
• Passing Down Wealth Without a Tax Burden
• The Middle Class Needs to Start Thinking About Asset Protection
• What Is An Irrevocable Trust, And Do You Need One?
• Power of attorney likely to be first vital estate document
• Advance Directives Associated With Lower Out-of-Pocket Hospital Costs
• Establishing a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust

Legal News:

• Regs. proposed for present value of estate deductions
• Proposed Regs Provide Guidance on Estate Deductions
• New Case: Lindke v. Freed (6th Cir. 6/27/2022) (involves Facebook page started as personal page, but referring to Lindke as City manager; when citizen was blocked after posting against City policies, he sued; Court held for Lindke that page and blocking Freed was not “State action”)
• Spousal Refusal and Medicaid Planning: Negotiating the Right of Way at the Intersection of Elder Law and Family Law
• New Case: Cunningham v. Fresenius Medical Care (Tenn. Ct. App. 6/22/2022) (Dismissal of negligence case affirmed where estate was not substituted within 90 days after suggestion of death was filed)
• Beginning Today, Some of Our Nation’s Most Vulnerable Taxpayers Will Automatically Have Their Accounts Excluded From Assignment to Private Collection Agencies
• A Guide to Kinship Care & Minor Guardianship in Maine
• Congress Introduces RAMP Act
• Court ruling expanding range for COVID-19 lawsuits should worry long-term care providers
• Delaware High Court Finds Worker’s Narcotic Pain Medication No Longer Compensable
• Chadwick Boseman’s Widow and Family Reach Agreement Over Actor’s Estate
• Loss of autonomy: how guardianships threaten people’s rights
• What You Need to Know About Elder Law
• Bill Text – EARN Act, including Able Act Modification
• H.R.2954 – Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2021
• WHISTLEBLOWER LAWYERS USE FALSE CLAIMS ACT TO TARGET PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS INVESTED IN HEALTHCARE AND LIFE SCIENCES
• Nursing Elder Law Practices in 2022
• The State of Modern Elder Law

Not New, But Worth Remembering:

• State Bar of Georgia: Find a Lawyer Directory
• EzElderLaw Financial Toolbox
• 2022 SSI and Spousal Impoverishment Standards
• National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center
• Blogs and websites we follow

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