Posted on January 14, 2021
In this month’s Medicaid Minute, Elder Law Attorney Jessica Merkel answers the question of what to do if you or a loved one received a notice from Medicaid stating your monthly cost of care may rise in February. She covered this topic in a previous Medicaid Minute from November 12, going back to April of […]
Posted on November 12, 2020
Wisconsin’s Medicaid rules have been temporarily adjusted amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In her video, Elder Law Attorney Jessica Merkel explains a few scenarios where Medicaid recipients will not lose their Medicaid benefits despite that under normal circumstances they would have. Video Transcript: My name is Attorney Jessica Merkel and this is Ruder Ware’s Medicaid Minute. […]
Posted on October 26, 2020
Our Elder Law Team continues their recognition of October as National Special Needs Law Month, with Elder Law Attorney Jessica Merkel’s second part of this two part series addressing what special needs planning entails. Previously, Jessica focused on the legal planning for an individual with special needs. In today’s post, she talks about the legal planning […]
Posted on October 23, 2020
Attorney Ashley Hawley closes out Ruder Ware’s honoring of National Estate Planning Awareness Week with an informative post on financial powers of attorney. The concept of a financial power of attorney is that you draft a document naming an agent who can to step into your shoes to make financial decisions on your behalf. Video Transcript: […]
Posted on October 21, 2020
Our Estate Planning Team continues to honor National Estate Planning Awareness Week with their second vlog post. Attorney Kayla Murphy educates viewers on what a health care power of attorney is, what their responsibilities are, and why it’s important you have this document drafted. Video Transcript: My name is Kayla Murphy and I’m an attorney on […]
Posted on October 19, 2020
Our Estate Planning Team felt the best way to honor National Estate Planning Awareness Week was to launch their video blog. The vlog will feature several members of the team speaking on estate planning-related topics important to our clients and friends. In the inaugural post, Attorney Shanna Yonke discusses how to create a valid will. […]
Posted on October 12, 2020
In recognition of October as National Special Needs Law Month, Elder Law Attorney Jessica Merkel presents this two part series addressing what special needs planning really is. Today, in Part One, Jessica focuses on the legal planning for an individual with special needs. Stay tuned for Part Two which will focus on legal planning steps […]
Posted on September 21, 2020
In recognition of today, September 21, 2020, being World Alzheimer’s Day and September being World Alzheimer’s Month, Elder Law Attorney Jessica Merkel addresses the importance of Alzheimer’s awareness in elder law in a special post.
Posted on September 16, 2020
My name is Attorney Jessica Merkel and this is Ruder Ware’s Medicaid Minute. This week, we’re here to talk about joint accounts in relation to Wisconsin’s Medicaid rules. A client was telling me about how she’s been a joint owner on her mom’s bank accounts for about the past eight years. Her mom was recently […]
Posted on August 31, 2020
My name is Attorney Jessica Merkel and this is Ruder Ware’s Medicaid Minute. This week we’re talking about Wisconsin Medicaid rules related to vehicles. My client’s father was going to be going into the nursing home and wanted to apply for Medicaid. They’d heard that there were things called exempt and non-exempt assets and they […]