How much are the 2025 Medicare benefit deductibles? Hospital deductible: $1,676. Co-insurance (days 61-90): $419/day. Skilled nursing facility co-insurance (days 21-100): $209.50/day. How much are the 2025 Institutional/Nursing Home (“INH”) and Community/Home Care (“CHR”) Medicaid resource and income allowances? INH & CHR resource allowance $32,396(Single); $43,781 (Couple). INH income allowance $50. CHR income allowance $1800 (Single); $2343 (Couple). […]
Author Archives: Friedman & Ranzenhofer
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Plaintiff, John Versace, (“Versace”) sued his sister, Defendant, Cathy Versace Robinson, (“Versace Robinson”) in Columbia County New York Supreme Court regarding real property in Columbia County, which had been solely owned by their mother, Joan Versace, until May 12, 2009, when she conveyed a fee interest in the property to Versace Robinson, reserving a life estate deed […]
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The Rochester City Council approved the strongest possible version of New York Good Cause Eviction Law protections on December 17, 2024. The protections will go into effect for over 100,000 tenants citywide when it is signed into law by Rochester Mayor Malik Evans. Landlord attorneys Justin R. Friedman and Robert Friedman are presenting a live webinar […]
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Attorney Robert Friedman has shared a fantastic article in RENT Magazine, outlining 16 practical ways for landlords to avoid probate. A must-read for property owners looking to streamline estate planning and protect their investments. Click here to read the article
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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the U.S. government from enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) on December 3, 2024. CTA requires many companies to submit information about themselves and their beneficial owners to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau within the US […]
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Federal law mandates that all nursing homes provide sufficient staff to meet the care and quality of life needs of their residents every day. However, new data show that hundreds of thousands of residents live in facilities that are staffed far below the minimum needed to provide basic clinical care. According to Long Term Care […]
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APS is a mandated service provided by local NY social services districts. It involves intake, investigation, and assessment of referrals of abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of impaired vulnerable adults who live in the community. APS workers develop services plans for eligible clients to remedy physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, financial exploitation or […]
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New York health care proxies and living wills are traditional advance health care directives for adults 18 years of age and older. These documents are signed when people have capacity and only apply when they no longer have medical decision-making capacity. To complement the use of traditional advance directives and facilitate the communication of medical orders impacting […]
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Which Medical Specialists Are Most Likely to Be Sued? States without caps on medical malpractice damages include New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, and New Jersey, The doctors in these four states consistently pay the most medical malpractice damages. With a total of $6.298 billion over the past ten years for 14,359 claims, New York has the […]
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A $35.6 million settlement, during the fifth day of a medical malpractice trial against Westchester County Healthcare Corp (doing business as Westchester Medical Center), is the highest pre-verdict malpractice settlement in New York history. High school freshman Aiden Zemon was hit by a car when he was riding his Razor scooter with friends. He was […]