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Elder Law
February 19, 2010

Co-sponsored by the Elder Law Section of the Alabama State Bar

With the aging population, every attorney has clients with elder law issues. Maximizing both private and public benefits, as well as preserving resources for long term care are critical elements of these presentations. Whatever your area of practice, you don’t want to miss this important program!





Cahaba Grand Conference Center
Birmingham
8:20 a.m.
6 MCLE Credit Hours, including 1 hour of ethics

8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast Buffet

8:20 Welcome
Morning Presider
Jennifer Q. Griffin
Kendall Maddox & Associates LLC
Birmingham

8:30 Medicare and Veterans Benefits: Overview & Recent Developments
-Original Medicare
-Medicare Supplements, Employer Plans, and Retiree Plans
-Medicare Part D
-Medicare Part C
-SSI/QMB/SLMB/QI/LIS
-Veterans Benefits in Long-term Care
-Medicare Fraud
Clayton Keith Davis
Davis & Neal
Dothan

9:30 Basic Nursing Home Medicaid Eligibility
-Medicaid’s Income Limit and How to Overcome it
-Resource Limits for the Individual and the Married Couple
-The Medicaid Snapshot
-Spenddown
- Non-countable Assets
-Transfers and Penalties
-The Lookback Period
-Appealing Adverse Decisions
-Practical Pointers
Jonathan D. Green
Attorney at Law
Birmingham

10:30 Refreshment Break

10:40 Recent Developments and Emerging Issues in Medicaid
Connie L. Glass
Elder Law Firm of Connie Glass PC
Huntsville

11:40 Lunch Served at Cahaba Grand Conference Center
Afternoon Presider
John C. Harris Jr.
Harris & Skipworth PC
Florence

12:30 Common Real Estate Problems for the Elder Law Practitioner
D. Jason Britt
Morris & McAnnally LLC
Milbrook

1:30 Refreshment Break

1:40 Elder Financial Abuse: Prevention and Remedies; the Good, the
Bad, and the Ugly
-The Good: Proper Estate Planning: Trusts, Wills, POA's, Representative Payees, Titling Issues
-The Bad: Adult Protective Services, Conservatorship, Guardianship
-The Ugly: Referrals to DHR and the District Attorney’s Office, Recovery Lawsuits, Medicaid Qualification Problems
L. Thomas Ryan Jr.
Ryan Hicks Cumpton & Cumpton LLP
Huntsville

2:40 Ethics Issues
Robert E. Lusk Jr.
Alabama State Bar
Montgomery

M. Lynn Campisi
Lynn Campisi PC
Birmingham

3:40 Adjourn


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