New 2012 ALTCS Numbers
Jan 25, 2012
The ALTCS financial requirements are quite complex and it is not uncommon for applicants to struggle with this portion of the eligibility process. Many applicants reach out to professionals, like the J...
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Coordinating ALTCS and VA Income
Jan 25, 2012
When applying for ALTCS, the state mandates that an applicant must apply for any benefit they may be entitled to, in order to ensure that ALTCS is always payor of last resort. This means veterans or wi...
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True or False: AHCCCS No Longer Covers Medicare Part B Premiums
Jan 25, 2012
Update on Medicare Part B PremiumsYou may have heard that as of October 1, 2011, AHCCCS will no longer cover Medicare Part B Premiums for certain ALTCS members. Once this goes into effect, approximatel...
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Changes to the ALTCS Program Contractors and How They Affect Health Care Professionals
Jan 25, 2012
Changes to the ALTCS Program Contractors and How They Affect Health Care Providers
Last month, AHCCCS awarded ten contracts to four managed care companies/program contractors, allowing those companies ...
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New Alzheimer's Research is Promising
Jan 25, 2012
The New York Times recently ran a story that sheds some encouraging light on the early diagnosis and detection of Alzheimers disease. As of today, the official position of both the National Institute o...
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Annuity Fraud
Jan 25, 2012
With high commissions to sellers and many limitations to buyers, variable rate annuities are sometimes at the center of what we call annuity fraud. Annuity fraud takes many forms but it always causes p...
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National Prescription Drug Take-Back
Jan 25, 2012
Statistically speaking, seniors tend to receive a greater number of prescriptions than other groups of people. And resultantly, many seniors have numerous prescription medications stored in their homes...
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Budget Cuts May be to the Detriment of Aging Research
Jan 25, 2012
Much of what we know about aging is discovered first in a laboratory, and then tested in clinical studies. For instance, theories about Alzheimers disease that are embraced by the nations leading scien...
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CLASS Update
Jan 25, 2012
The CLASS Act is the provision in the health care reform bill that authorizes a national long-term health care insurance program. As it is presently drafted, employees who pay into the system for five ...
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Meels-on-Wheels
Jan 25, 2012
An unacceptable number of seniors in this country go without enough food to eat. In 2002, the U.S. Census Bureau released a study showing that 55 percent of adults age 65 and older experienced food ins...
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