Written by Zach Bloxham, J.D

Medicaid pays for millions of Americans to receive long-term care and support.1 While many know that a Medicaid applicant must meet strict means-tested financial eligibility requirements to secure benefits, many more are unaware that these benefits are often granted with strings attached in the form of federally authorized liens.

Written by Sagar Jariwala, JD, LLM, and Phoebe Stone, JD, MA (Bioethics)

Gift tax, estate tax, generation-skipping transfer tax, inheritance tax, capital gains tax, income tax, and property tax: estate planners must consider all these types of taxes when creating a plan for a client’s assets.

In the past month, we have seen significant developments in estate planning, business law, elder law, and special needs law. A state supreme court declined to apply a savings statute to extend the time to initiate a probate proceeding; another state supreme court ruled that signing an arbitration agreement to gain admission to a nursing home is not a healthcare decision; and the FTC dismissed its appeals to implement its final rule banning noncompete agreements. Read on to learn how these decisions may impact your practice.