Click here to listen to the recording. The Stony Brook University Foundation invited David R. Okrent, Esq., CPA, to be the featured speaker for its March 2025 webinar on “Elder Law and Estate Planning.” Invites were limited to its Alumni and Friends.
Update: On April 9, 2025, parties to a federal lawsuit against New York State’s Department of Health filed a joint proposed preliminary injunction, approved by the judge on April 10, 2025, extending the date for transition to May 15, 2025
On January 5, 2025, President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act, H.R. 82, repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) This Act was passed by a large bipartisan majority in both the House and Senate.
In April of 2024, the New York Executive and the New York Legislature released and enacted Article VII budget language bills changing, in addition to many other changes, the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (“CDPAP/CDPAS”) under the New York State
The purpose of this General Information System (GIS) message is to inform local departments of social services (LDSS) of updates to the provisions of GIS 23 MA/03 (“Unwind of Medicaid Continuous Coverage Requirement Related to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
As advised in Administrative Directive 06 OMM/ADM-5, “Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 – LongTerm Care Medicaid Eligibility Changes”, the life expectancy table issued by SSA is required to be used in evaluating whether an annuity purchased by or on behalf
Throughout the pandemic, the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) designation has provided important consumer protections, bolstering the State’s efforts to ensure access to health coverage and care for New Yorkers. During this unprecedented crisis, NY State of Health and Local
New York Independent Assessor (NYIA) Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2020 authorized the Department of Health (Department) to contract with an entity to conduct an independent assessment process for individuals seeking Community Based Long Term Services and Supports (CBLTSS),
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has published changes to social security rates, benefits etc. that take effect on January 1, 2022. Click here for the Social Security Administration’s “Social Security Fact Sheet” as to the the updated changes. It always
GIS 21 MA-26 Update Regional Rates: The purpose of this General Information System (GIS) message is to inform local departments of social services of the year 2022 Medicaid regional nursing home rates which must be used when calculating a transfer
GIS 20MA/12 Update Regional Rates: The purpose of this General Information System (GIS) message is to inform local departments of social services of the year 2021 Medicaid regional nursing home rates which must be used when calculating a transfer of
In the fall of 2019 David R. Okrent, was appointed to act as the February 2020 Special Editor for the Suffolk Lawyer’s Special Edition focus on Elder Law. Posted here is a redaction of two of the articles that were
Do I need to apply for Social Security or other benefits to be eligible for Medicaid? By David R. Okrent, CPA, Esq. New York State requires people receiving or applying for Medicaid, known as “Applicants/Recipients” (hereafter referred to as A/R’s),
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