
What Is HIPAA Authorization?
HIPAA stipulates that there has to be a written authorization for every use or disclosure of PHI not required or permitted by the Privacy Rule.

HIPAA stipulates that there has to be a written authorization for every use or disclosure of PHI not required or permitted by the Privacy Rule.

Safeguarding legal documents and providing access to this information is a big consideration in your caregiving plan.

With nearly 90% of caregivers providing care to a family member, and the holidays rapidly approaching, it is an opportune time to check in with both aging family members, as well as those performing caregiving duties.

Stuck in a senior facility during the pandemic and unable to participate from far away, an elderly woman needed to sell her home but had never drafted her POA.

When it comes to death and disability, your will alone might not be enough.

Your grown children will not agree to be the recipients of your downsizing, if it means their upsizing.

You may lose the ability to manage your own affairs as you grow older. Therefore, it’s necessary to have an incapacity plan in place.

My mother passed, and she was an administrator of my grandfather’s estate and the inheritances. The estate accumulated quite a bit of back taxes over the years. Will the IRS put a lien on that estate as well as hers to retrieve funds?

Why Elder Law Is Necessary? In two words: baby boomers.

What happens when all of a corpse’s money is in his cold wallet?