Medicaid

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR NURSING HOME CARE

Prepared by: Long Term Care Assistance Project,
Maryland Legal Aid
Updated January 2011

Medical Assistance is a government-funded program that pays for long-term health care when personal funds have been exhausted. This leaflet answers the following questions you may have about eligibility requirements and the application process:

What is Medical Assistance?

BenefitsCheckUp - What benefits are you entitled to?

Posted on: 03/23/2011

URL: https://www.benefitscheckup.org/

Find Benefits Programs... Get all the benefits you deserve. Find and enroll in federal, state, local and private programs that help pay for prescription drugs, utility bills, meals, health care and other needs.

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Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), 2010-11 Edition

Posted on: 06/30/2010

URL: http://www.bls.gov/oco/

For hundreds of different types of jobs—such as teacher, lawyer, and nurse—the Occupational Outlook Handbook tells you:

the training and education needed
earnings
expected job prospects
what workers do on the job
working conditions

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Health Care Maryland Legislative Summary 2010

Posted on: 05/21/2010

Now that the Governor has completed his bill signings, I’ve updated my legislative summaries for both elder law and health care laws this session. For ease in reviewing, I separated out the elder law legislation (including guardianship, power of attorneys, and Department of Aging issues) and health care legislation (including all Medicaid, DDA, home and community based services, etc) and shortened them by removing the sponsors and committees. I added some laws that were not included in my previous summaries, including the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jur

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Public Benefits legislation, rules, and regulations

Hospital Debt Collection information

Posted on: 03/12/2010

A memo that Louise Carwell circulated last year on the new law regulating hospital debt collections. Another bill which will add additional protections for consumers faced with hospital bill collections looks like it is going to pass during this legislative session.

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