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- Slashed Medicaid Rates Likely to Hurt Both Providers and ConsumersEarlier this fall, Michigan legislators considered a new proposal calling for a 3% tax on physicians’ gross revenues, a move which would allow Michigan to raise its low Medicaid re-imbursement rates by 4% across the board. The proposal, as it turns out, ignited a firestorm of opposition, with several hundred doctors and others in the [...]
- A Time for Families and GratitudeThis week we celebrate Thanksgiving and already the end of 2009 is in sight. For many, especially in Michigan, this year will conclude with a sense of “good riddance.” And yet, particularly this week, we re-kindle that spirit of gratitude that helps to bind our families and our country. We count our blessings, look past [...]
- End of Year Estate Planning?Many people develop and execute a tax plan between now and the end of the year. With just about seven weeks remaining in the year, it is time to move quickly. But very few people need to plan their gifting for tax purposes anymore. With the estate tax being eliminated in 2010 and the estate [...]
- Collaborating With an Elder Care Expert: Putting a Geriatric Care Manager on Your TeamCaring for a senior gets complicated quickly. Even assuming that an ideal care regiment can be identified, financing that care, locating resources and working out the logistics of transportation, insurance and personalities can be more than a full time job. For these reasons, it is helpful to turn to a geriatric care manager. Geriatric care [...]
- Boomer MisconceptionI would like to take a moment to address what I believe to be a huge misconception – if not deception – by some in the elder care industry: that the ranks of seniors today are on the brink of exploding due to Baby Boomers crossing the threshold to the elder world of significant [...]
- Slashed Medicaid Rates Likely to Hurt Both Providers and Consumers
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