South Carolina Elder Law and Medicaid Boot Camp
South Carolina Bar-Continuing Legal Education Division
Live at the
Bar Conference Center
1501 Park Street
Columbia, SC 29202
via
Two Video-CLE sites:
About the Seminar
This program qualifies for 6.0 MCLE credit hours.
Elder law affects everyone! The problems and issues affecting the elderly will become magnified as baby boomers gray and resources continue to shrink. This program will provide you with practical knowledge that can be used to identify and solve the most common problems facing your elderly clients.
In the morning session speakers will present a broad variety of practice tips to help you best advise your clients. The afternoon session will focus on Medicaid basics and planning strategies, followed by instruction on the handling of fair hearings and appeals.
Program Agenda
8:30 a.m. Registration
8:50 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
9 a.m. What is Elder Law?
Michael J. Polk
Belser & Belser, PA
Foundations of an Elder Law Practice:
9:15 a.m. Estate Planning
Mitchell C. Payne
Warner Payne & Black, LLP
9:30 a.m. Vital Issues in Medical Decision Making
Phillip J. Corson
Haselden, Owen, Boloyan & Corson, LLC
9:45 a.m. Things to Know About Probate
Blakely C. Cahoon
Cahoon Law Firm, LLC
10 a.m. Nuts and Bolts of Guardianship/Conservatorship
Andrew J. Atkins
` Millender Elder Law, LLC
10:15 a.m. Elder Abuse and Neglect
Anderson M. Horne
Attorney & Counselor at Law, LLC
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Medicare
Gloria McDonald
Lieutenant Governor's Office on Aging
11 a.m. Social Security and SSI
Michael B. Bridges
Dobson Jones Ball Phillips & Bridges, PA
11:30 a.m. Standards of Conduct for Representing Claimants Before the VA
Rebecca C. Patrick
Bluestein Nichols Thompson & Delgado, LLC
11:45 a.m. Section 8 and Food Stamps
Philip M. Creel
S.C. Legal Services
12:15 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
1:30 p.m. Medicaid Basics
An overview of Medicaid, how to apply, the different Medicaid programs available and financial eligibility requirements
Charles M. Black Jr.
Warner Payne & Black, LLP
Franchelle C. Millender
Millender Elder Law, LLC
2:15 p.m. Medicaid Eligibility for NH and Waiver Programs
What is a level of care, and why does it matter?
Who decides whether an individual meets level of care?
If your client meets level of care for a nursing facility, what options does she have?
What is an ICF/MR, and why does it matter?
If your client meets ICF/MR level of care, what options does she have?
Sarah G. St. Onge
Protection & Advocacy for People with Disabilities
3 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Medicaid Planning Strategies, from the Simple to the Complex
A discussion of strategies including converting countable resources to non-countable resources, special needs trusts and pooled trusts, exempt and non exempt transfers,
five year planning and gift-loan strategies for crisis planning.
Charles M. Black Jr.
Warner Payne & Black, LLP
Franchelle C. Millender
Millender Elder Law, LLC
4 p.m. Fair Hearings and Appeals
What agency decisions are appealable? How do you appeal?
What rules apply in a fair hearing?
What can you expect at the hearing?
Sarah G. St. Onge
Protection & Advocacy for People with Disabilities
4:45 p.m. Adjourn