Can you answer your clients' questions about asset protection planning within the context of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security? Order today to get the legislative and procedural details you'll need to help clients plan sensibly for the future.

1. Legislative Update and Basic Definitions
2. Medicaid Eligibility - Generally
3. Medicaid Eligibility for Long-Term Care
4. Ethics
5. Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program Updates
6. Interplay of Medicare, Medicaid and LTC Insurance in Paying for Long-Term Care
7. Adult Protection

1. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND BASIC DEFINITIONS
   9:00 - 9:45, Kim Boyer
1. Medicare
2. Medicaid
3. Federal Health Care Reform
4. Federal SSI and SSDI and State Supplement Financial Assistance
5. Medigap
2. MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY - GENERALLY
   9:45 - 10:30, Kim Boyer
1. Categorical Eligibility
2. Income and Resources
3. Medically Needy Eligibility
4. Appeals
3. MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY FOR LONG-TERM CARE
   10:45 - 11:45, Kim Boyer
1. Income and Resources
2. Spousal Obligation
3. Spend Down
4. Continuing Care Retirement Communities
5. Home and Community Based Care Waivers
6. Estate Recovery
4. ETHICS
   12:45 - 1:45, Elyse M. Tyrell
1. Representing a Mentally Incapable Client
2. Confidentiality
3. Withdrawing Representation from Difficult Clients
4. Durable Powers of Attorneys and Guardianships
5. MEDICARE PART D PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROGRAM UPDATES
   1:45 - 2:30, Kim Boyer
1. Provisions of Part D
2. Eligibility and Enrollment
3. Benefits and Beneficiary Protections
4. Part D Coverage Limitations
6. INTERPLAY OF MEDICARE, MEDICAID AND LTC INSURANCE IN PAYING FOR LONG-TERM CARE
   2:45 - 3:30, Elyse M. Tyrell
1. Where Medicare Stops and Medicaid Begins
2. Long-Term Care Insurance
3. Home- and Community-Based Care
4. Grievances, Coverage and Appeals
7. ADULT PROTECTION
   3:30 - 4:30, Elyse M. Tyrell
1. In the Home Setting
2. Institutional Setting
3. Financial Exploitation
4. Recourse for Abused, Exploited or Neglected Elders

KIM BOYER is a founder in the Las Vegas law firm of Boyer Law Group, where she concentrates her practice in the areas of elder law, guardianship, probate, Medicaid and veterans benefits, and long-term care planning. Ms. Boyer is a certified elder law attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. She is a frequent lecturer on aging and elder law topics, having spoken for the Nevada Geriatric Education Center, the Clark County Bar Association and the ASDO Annual Conference on Caregiving. Ms. Boyer earned her J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of San Diego School of Law. She is a member of the State Bar of Nevada, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the National Guardianship Association. She is co-author of the book Alzheimer's and Dementia: A Practical and Legal Guide for Nevada Caregivers, published by the University of Nevada Reno Press.

ELYSE M. TYRELL is a partner in the Las Vegas law firm of Trent, Tyrell & Associates, where her practice is devoted to elder law, estate planning, tax law, probate and guardianship law. She is a member of the Clark County Bar Association, the Elder Law Section of the State Bar of Nevada and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Ms. Tyrell is a certified elder law attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. She is a frequent speaker for National Business Institute and has lectured on estate planning and elder law for the Housing Authority of the city of Las Vegas, the Community College of Southern Nevada and various seminar groups. Ms. Tyrell earned her B.A. degree from the University of Nevada at Reno, her J.D. degree from Gonzaga University School of Law and her LL.M. degree from the University of San Diego School of Law.

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