Pennsylvania Bar Institute

Medicaid is the primary funding source for nursing home care. Unfortunately, for most nursing home residents and their spouses, impoverishment is the price of admission into the Medicaid program. Today, lawyers and clients alike are less inclined to accept spousal impoverishment and/or forfeiture of the family inheritance as a necessary pre-requisite to Medicaid eligibility. In this course, you will examine the fundamentals of Medicaid planning, when it makes sense to advise that your clients engage in it and how to navigate through the process. Plenty of practice tips will be offered.