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......
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,......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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.......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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......