The Elder Law & Estate Planning Attorneys of Illinois, P.C./ The Law Office of Siebert &
Associates, P.C. is currently doing in person at our office consultations in our Covid-19 conference room, our staff is 100% vaccinated and we comply with strict COVID guidelines so that we can safely help our Clients. In addition, we continue to offer remote Zoom consultations for our Clients who are unable or uncomfortable coming to our office.
The Elder Law & Estate Planning Attorneys of Illinois, P.C. is currently meeting clients and potential clients in person at our office in our Covid-19 conference room. Our staff is 100% vaccinated and we comply with strict COVID guidelines so that we can safely help and service for our clients as well as potential clients. In addition, we continue to offer remote Zoom consultations for clients and potential clients who are unable or uncomfortable coming to our office.
COVID-19 Safety Protocols and COVID-19 Conference Room
Elder Law & Estate Planning Attorneys of Illinois, P.C./ The Law Office of Siebert
Associates, P.C . is open and has taken steps to minimize any risk to Clients, visitors, or staff. The Office has implemented specific protocols and created a restricted access COVID-19 Conference Room, which either meet or exceed the appropriate CDC guidelines. Clients and potential Clients can safely meet with an Attorney either by video-conference or face to face in the COVID-19 Conference Room. Information on the Office Protocols can be found on the Office Protocols For Coronavirus Outbreak webpage and information on the Office’s COVID-19 Conference Room can be found on the webpage entitled COVID-19 Conference Room Is Open to Serve Your Legal Needs Safely. It is our goal to continue to provide the highest level of legal services to our Clients while protecting the safety of both our visitors and staff.
Medicaid Appeals
Appealing the Denial or Limitation of Medicaid Benefits
When are Medicaid Appeals necessary? You have completed a Medicaid Application and filed it with the State and are shocked when you receive a Notice of Decision advising you that you or your loved one has been denied the requested Medicaid payment of the cost of the Nursing Home or that a period of ineligibility has been assessed against you. Many people initially apply for Medicaid by themselves or with the assistance of someone at an agency or nursing home. Frequently the individual assisting you does not actually understand application process, the procedural rules or are unaware of changes in the law. This can result in the application being denied or approved but subject to an improper penalty period during which Medicaid will not pay. If that happens, unless an immediate Appeal is filed, the Nursing Home will expect the family to pay out of their own funds or will begin Involuntary Discharge action against the resident. In addition, under the terms of many Nursing Home Contracts, the agent under a Durable Power of Attorney or other responsible party might be liable. the family and you are expected to pay. You don’t know what you did wrong or what to do now. If this happens to you, Elder Law & Estate Planning Attorneys of Illinois , P.C. can represent you in an Appeal of the Medicaid Denial, but only if you act immediately. Call Elder Law & Estate Planning Attorneys of Illinois , P.C. at (847)253-7500 today to schedule an appointment with an experienced Elder Law Attorney to discuss your options.
In addition State caseworkers who review the Medicaid applications frequently make mistakes, misinterpret or misapply the administrative rules and policies which cam also result in denials or approvals subject to incorrect penalties or limitations of benefits. Elder Law & Estate Planning Attorneys of Illinois , P.C. has extensive experience in the preparation and submitter of Client’s Medicaid Applications, and therefore can frequently step in and determine the cause of the adverse decision and assist in the legal and procedural steps necessary to reverse the denial or limitation of benefits.
Elder Law & Estate Planning Attorneys of Illinois , P.C. understands that the filing and After completing the extensive application, assembling five years’ worth of financial information and doing everything reasonably requested by the State to achieve eligibility, you are frustrated by the demands by the State to provide additional documentation or information and yet you cannot get the State to answer your simple questions. If this has happened to you, you are not alone. The Medicaid system in Illinois is designed to frustrate, delay and then deny applications. It appears that because of the State’s financial issues and an unwillingness to raise taxes to support necessary programs for the disabled and elderly, that Illinois has decided to make the Medicaid application process complicated and difficult enough so that when the State denies or limits benefits under a Medicaid application the people will either walk away, accept the improper penalty and pay out of the children’s retirement or grandchildren’s college funds, thus saving Illinois the funds necessary to provide long term care for its elderly residents who legitimately qualify.
Elder Law & Estate Planning Attorneys of Illinois,P.C. has successfully handled numerous appeals and has extensive experience in this process. The Office has been retained by many individuals whose applications have been denied to file an appeal on their behalf, sometimes the individuals being referred to Elder Law & Estate Planning Attorneys of Illinois , P.C. by the Nursing Facility as at that point it is in both the individual and the facility’s interest to get the denial reversed. If you or your loved one’s application has been denied or approved subject to incorrect penalties or limitations of benefits then call Elder Law & Estate Planning Attorneys of Illinois , P.C. immediately to schedule an appointment to review your options.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WITH A MEDICAID DENIAL OR ADVERSE DECISION OF ANY TYPE YOU HAVE AN EXTREMELY LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME TO TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO APPEAL THE DECISION AND THEREFORE Elder Law & Estate Planning Attorneys of Illinois , P.C. STRONGLY URGES YOU TO IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIPT OF THE NOTICE TO CALL AND MEET WITH AN EXPERIENCED ELDER LAW ATTORNEY TO PROTECT YOUR INTEREST, THEREFORE CONTACT Elder Law & Estate Planning Attorneys of Illinois , P.C. OR GO TO THE ILLINOIS CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ELDER LAW ATTORNEY’S WEBSITE AT http://www.naela-il.org TO FIND A QUALIFIED ELDER LAW ATTORNEY IN YOUR AREA.
IF YOU WANT TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR A CONSULTATION ON THIS OR ANY OTHER LEGAL TOPIC, PLEASE CALL (847) 253-7500 OR GO TO CONTACT US PAGE.
Practice Areas
- ELDER LAW
- ASSET PRESERVATION
- MEDICAID PLANNING
- CHILD CAREGIVER AGREEMENT
- IRREVOCABLE TRUSTS
- MEDICAID APPLICATION
- MEDICAID APPEALS
- ESTATE PLANNING
- DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY
- TRUSTS
- ALZHEIMER’S & DEMENTIA PLANNING
- PARKINSON’S DISEASE PLANNING
- ADDICTION TRUST
- SPECIAL NEEDS PLANNING
- SPECIAL NEEDS TRUSTS
- NURSING HOME INJURIES AND ABUSE
- NURSING HOME CONTRACT REVIEW
- PROBATE
- TRUST ADMINISTRATION
- GUARDIANSHIP