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Hospitals Now Must Provide Notice About Observation Status

By The Law Firm of Smith and Smith / May 8, 2017

All hospitals must now give Medicare recipients notice when they are in the hospital under observation status. The notice requirement is part of a law enacted in 2015 but that just took effect.Signed by President...

New Book Offers Guidance Through the Medicare Maze

By The Law Firm of Smith and Smith / May 8, 2017

Philip Moeller. Get What's Yours for Medicare: Maximize Your Coverage, Minimize Your Costs. Simon & Schuster. New York, N.Y. 2016. 291 pages.Medicare is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, it provides guaranteed coverage for...

Study Finds That Social Security Workers Often Provide Incomplete Information

By The Law Firm of Smith and Smith / May 4, 2017

Americans are misinformed about many aspects of Social Security, and local Social Security offices may not be helping, according to a study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The study found that the Social Security...

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Just Having the Right Estate Planning Documents Doesn’t Mean You Have a Plan

By The Law Firm of Smith and Smith / March 9, 2017

Our March 2017 Estate Planning Workshop Covers the 3 Steps You Need to Know to Plan and Protect You, Your Family, and Your Stuff: 1. Know the Rules 2. Know Your Predators 3. Know Your...

Should an Annuity Be Part of Your Retirement Planning?

By The Law Firm of Smith and Smith / December 4, 2015

Annuities can be valuable retirement and longevity planning tools, but they are complex financial products that can be misused. There are two kinds of annuities: deferred and immediate. Variable annuities are a common form of...

Robin William’s Death Laid to Underdiagnosed Form of Dementia

By The Law Firm of Smith and Smith / November 6, 2015

Although depression was initially given as the cause of actor Robin Williams’ suicide in 2014, his widow says autopsy results lay the blame on Lewy body dementia, a fairly common but hard-to-diagnose form of dementia.Susan...

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