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1634 Program Overview Medicaid Updates 2016
Click on link to powerpoint: 1634 Program Overview for OJFSDA Directors Meeting 2015
OPERS Updates to Health Care Plan
Most OPERS (Ohio Public Employees Retirement System) plan participants should have seen an increase in their monthly premiums in 2015. The increases were based on their retirement date and years of service. For their own premiums, retirees enrolled in Medicare Parts...
Changes to ABLE Accounts for Disabled Individuals
On June 30 2015, Ohio Governor John Kasich signed a bill that allows individuals in Ohio with a disability to establish an ABLE account. Congress, prior to the State of Ohio’s approval, passed a law which went into effect in January of 2015, creating a new type of...
ABLE ACT Achieving a Better Life Experience
The ABLE Act allows people with disabilities to save or invest money without losing important (and needed!) benefits. Link: Ohio Able Act Keeping you informed are the trusted attorneys from Browning & Meyer Co., LPA. Please contact our law office with any...
Medicare Open Enrollment
Medicare Open Enrollment is upon us....October 15- December 7. This is the time of year that Medicare participants may change their Medicare Supplemental or Medicare Advantage Plan. Here is the 50,000 foot view of how Medicare and it's various related parts work. In...
Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples
Prior to the Supreme Court’s overturning of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), in many states, a same-sex couple was treated as two independent persons for tax purposes and estate planning laws. The Supreme Court’s decision now means that legally married same-sex...
Granny Cams: Keeping the Elderly Safe in Nursing Homes or Assisted-Living Facilities
Home surveillance, with the improvement of available and inexpensive technology, has grown by leaps and bounds over the last twenty years. Many families have turned to electronic surveillance in order to protect their loved ones, in their homes, from abuse or neglect...
Medicaid Examination Presentation
Elder Law Attorney Richard Meyer from Browning & Meyer, Co. LPA; Columbus is the guest speaker on the topic of Medicaid Examination at the 2015 Medicaid/Medicare Forum. The event is scheduled to be held at the Ohio State Bar Association, 1700 Lake Shore Drive,...
Miscalculation of Insurance Subsidies by the Federal Government
In March, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently acknowledged, that due to a calculation error by the federal government, that approximately 40,000 families with a disabled or deceased parent may have received a lower subsidy than they should...