California Annuity Fraud Attorneys Discuss Transparency in Annuities ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER If you or someone you know is the owner of an annuity, you know firsthand exactly how confusing and complex those products can be. Buying one involves mountains of paperwork and piles of money. Annuities are major investments, and some […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The IRS Whistleblower Reward Increased in Fiscal 2016 The IRS announced that rewards paid to whistleblowers from October 1st, 2015 to September 30, 2016 will have a 6.8 percent deduction. There is a similar deduction from the award every year, typically taken to pay outstanding government debts, and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Deferred Annuities – What to be aware of There are a number of ways that insurance companies use to convince elders in to purchasing annuities. Sometimes it is a broker-dealer or an insurance agent who contacts you, offering a free-lunch, free financial advices or financial services for a […]

Transamerica, Fidelity and Guarantee, and Gambling with your Life ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER There’s a reason Life Insurance is considered a safe bet. For over a century, these policies have been among the most carefully regulated in the financial world. Insurers like Transamerica, Allstate, and Fidelity and Guarantee are obligated to have […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Two women were arrested by the police on suspicion of elder abuse, specifically to have misrepresented themselves as employees of Placer County Health and Human Services to an 89 year old person. They posed as county employees and persuade their victim to move in and give them money […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER It’s a sad truth that as we get older, we are more and more likely to be taken advantage of by those around us, be it emotionally, financially, or physically. Seniors are frequent targets of scams, tend to be isolated from support, and may lack the physical or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Healthcare fraud is often a fairly technical area of law: large companies misusing funds, fraudulently billing Medicare or Medi-Cal, or improperly treating patients not in need of expensive procedures. Cases often revolve around class disputes, the finer points of qui tam law and the false claims act, or […]

The House Energy and Commerce Committee is looking at reducing Medicaid home equity caps and community spouse income. The Committee wishes to save money by making cuts in Medicaid expenses. But the Committee cannot exceed a minimum of $500,000 plus inflation according to the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. However, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The California Secretary of Health and Human Services, Diana Dooley, is suing to prevent the dumping of nursing homes residents, which is in violation of federal law. The lawsuit alleges that California nursing homes send their Medi-Cal residents into hospitals and then refuse to readmit them to the […]

Nursing homes in California are deficient in several domains. There are on average twelve deficiencies per certified nursing facility in the state. Most of the time it concerns the facility infrastructure and the activities provide by the employees. But sometimes it directly impacts on the health of the residents. Indeed, […]