Pennsylvania is changing the way services are provided to certain groups of Medicaid recipients.
Pennsylvania’s long-term services and supports recipients will need to select managed-care provider Pennsylvania is changing the way services are provided to certain groups of Medicaid recipients. Those affected will be: people enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid...
U.S. News & World Report Releases New Pennsylvania Hospital Rankings
U.S. News & World Report has released its 2017-18 rankings of best hospitals in the country. See how Pennsylvania hospitals did [click here].
Downsizing Your Home?
Are you an “empty nester”? Are you considering a move to a smaller home or into a senior living facility? As we age, it is common to have accumulated stuff from a life’s worth of living. We have drawers full of things we never use and never will, extra furniture we...
Hospital Observation Staus can lead to unexpected results
Observation versus Inpatient status You show up at the hospital and the medical professionals consider you too sick to go home, but not sick enough to be admitted as an inpatient. You could be classified as an observation patient, but do you understand how that...
What If I Died?
Using a Daily Money Manager to Plan Like There’s No Tomorrow Sixty percent of Americans have not done any estate planning. If you have ever been, or talked to, the executor of a poorly planned, undocumented estate, then you know that this is not what you want to do...
Credit Card Offers: TO PLAY OR NOT TO PLAY?
A client recently asked me to help her decide which credit cards offers were worth pursuing. We had an off-hand discussion about it, but her question got me thinking. I thought I would share my credit card philosophy with my readers. With the tightening of credit...
7 Tips to Reduce Medicare Fraud and Avoid Becoming An Unwitting Victim
Medicare has lost billions of dollars due to fraud at all levels. Medicaid expenditures total $415 billion annually, and Medicare pays out $600 billion a year. According to The Economist, about $98 billion of it represents fraudulent payments. Want to know how to...
What is a patient advocate and why do you need one?
Let's face it, our healthcare system is complicated. Our primary care physicians are so busy, they often can only spend a few minutes with us. There are numerous specialists and a growing number of care settings and most care is delivered at an outpatient location. ...
Crossing the Senior Digital Divide
Imagine what your life would be like if you couldn’t use Google Maps to find your next appointment, instantly check the weather and be warned of impending storms, find a phone number, or locate a new doctor. As quickly as the phone books are shrinking, new software...
Dispelling Some Myths About Home Inheritance
Myth No. 1: You have to specifically list your home in your will. When you draft your will, you can include your home in the assets you distribute. For example, you can leave it to multiple children and direct them to sell it and split the proceeds. It’s easy for you...