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I am dealing with Medicaid recovery in New Jersey following my mother-in-law's death on August 30, 2024, which claims we owe $276k for Medicaid services. This amount appears significantly overstated. We never placed her in a nursing home, and a child exemption has been in place since we lived... View More 
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answered on Apr 14, 2025
It sounds like you’re facing a complex and stressful situation with Medicaid recovery, and you have valid concerns about the overstatement of charges. To challenge the $276k claim, you first need to review the details of the charges and identify where discrepancies exist, such as the double... View More
She had surgery and was sent back to the nursing home, stable but with a PICC line for 6 weeks of antibiotics. She developed a med allergy at the nursing home and the doctor discontinued the antibiotics after 1 week. He did not do bloodwork or give her another antibiotic. She died 3 weeks later of... View More
answered on Nov 5, 2020
Yes it sounds like you have a good law suit, but of course more information would need to be known to determine how good. I suggest you setup an appointment to meet with an experienced lawyer and bring with you all the medical records you have.
My elderly, low income mom (on medicaid) resides in an assisted living facility . I pay her rent there every month. They added on a $4,000 charge and recently and claimed it was because they did not bill her the correct amount monthly, going 2 years back. She doesn't have this money, can... View More
answered on Aug 6, 2019
In order to answer this question an attorney would need to review any contracts signed by your mother and by you. Some violations of the law allow you to demand that your attorneys fees be paid by the defendant t in certain circumstances and if an attorney thinks you have such a case and it is... View More
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