OBRA SPECIAL NEEDS POOLED TRUSTS---EDUCATION PROVIDED BY COOK COUNTY PROBATE ATTORNEY

OBRA SPECIAL NEEDS POOLED TRUSTS---EDUCATION PROVIDED BY COOK COUNTY PROBATE ATTORNEY




Many of our readers continue to ask for more information related to OBRA Special Needs Pooled Trusts. The following link shows an educational outline of various issues related to Special Needs Trusts, including how SSI benefits are handled. The outline of this educational offering may be viewed at:



http://www.iicle.com/docs/special_needs_trust.pdf



The attorney providing this education is the same attorney that ProbateSharks featured in a December 30, 2010 post, which included the following excerpt:



We have had many requests to refer the new website address for the informational video that we referred to in our article titled: "OBRA Trusts: Medicaid Planning or Medicaid Fraud and Abuse." Some find this video controversial, as the attorney advises her peers on which Trusts are lacking oversight, and are thus easier to place estate funds into in order to qualify a ward for Medicaid; she also advises her peers to be careful with their verbage so their attorneys fees may be paid from the disabled person's trusts after the estate is tucked away into the trust and the ward is placed on Medicaid. This video may now be viewed at:



http://www.illinoislegaladvocate.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.dsp_Content&contentID=5512



IF YOU BELIEVE YOUR LOVED ONE'S ESTATE HAS BEEN MISMANAGED WITH A SPECIAL NEEDS POOLED TRUST, PLEASE REPORT YOUR CONCERNS TO MEDICAID OFFICIALS.

HOW TO REPORT MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FRAUD







To our many readers who think they have identified Medicare and/or Medicaid fraud in their Cook County Probate Court cases, we at Probate Sharks urge you to report the fraud as soon as possible. The information below should be helpful to you.






http://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/






Office of Inspector General.


Call: 1-800-HHS-TIPS


TTY: 1-800-377-4950


Online: Report Fraud


Centers for Medicare and Medicaid


Call:1-800-Medicare/1-877-486-2048