Protecting Nursing Homes and Their Residents from the Unlicensed Practice of Law

The Unlicensed Practice of Law (UPL) in Medicaid Planning is a significant and growing problem. In 2015, the Supreme Court of Florida approved an advisory opinion to address Medicaid Planning activities by non-lawyers. The advisory opinion outlined what non-attorney Medicaid Planners can and cannot do in the area of Medicaid Planning. You will find included in this book: - An overview of the Florida Supreme Court Medicaid Planning Advisory opinion. - The dangers to both the nursing home - and their residents - from working with unlicensed, unregulated, uninsured, and untrained non-attorney Medicaid Planners. - What is the unlicensed practice of law in Florida? - Who is allowed to practice law in Florida? - Nursing home referral liability. - Who regulates non-attorney Medicaid Planners in Florida. - Four things a non-attorney Medicaid Planner cannot do. - Does a non-attorney Medicaid Planner have legal malpractice insurance? - Financial exploitation of the elderly.

Author: John R. Frazier,Leonard E. Mondschein,Twyla L. Sketchley
Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
Published: 05/25/2018
Pages: 76
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.22lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.16d
ISBN: 9781483481746

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