Hurricane Season and How it affects Veterans-Keeping You Informed

 If you’re a military family member, retiree or veteran in the impacted areas, several military and VA benefits have been temporarily changed in response to the ongoing crisis During natural disasters,Tricare regularly puts in place a “state of emergency” in impacted areas. Tricare users in all counties in Louisiana and some counties in Texas can access…

Medicaid requirements versus VA requirements

The following email brought up some interesting discussion. Please check with your state laws regarding Medicaid requirements. Posted 08/25/2017 Michael from Ohio Is Georgia an income cap state for Medicaid purposes that uses Qualified Income Trusts (QITs) to qualify for Medicaid? Answer: Yes We have a client who is receiving VA pension benefits. A fiduciary…

Sending a Change of Care to the VA

Submitting New Forms when there is a change in care  From: Cindy Pruett <cindy@redoty.com Jun 21, 2017 12:13 pm When a Veteran finally is awarded his pension and then decides he wants to move to another facility. Or move back home with in home care. (same care being provided) Besides a new Care Expense Statement…

NEW JANESVILLE FAX NUMBER (UPDATED NEW FAX NUMBER FOR ALL REGIONS)

From the VisPro listserve (apparently a VA announcement): The Department of Veterans Affairs remains committed to providing Veterans and their families the best service possible. To support this commitment, VA has established a new toll-free Pension Management Center (PMC) fax number, 1-844-655-1604, to simplify the pension claim fax submission process. Previously, Veterans and advocates who…

BEWARE! BEWARE! If you are doing a VA application for a Veteran or Widow

Please beware that the VA is doing computer matching from the following agency. COMPUTER MATCHING NOTICE VA benefits information in your records is or is expected to be matched with the following federal or state agencies to verify the accuracy of the information contained in VA records and/or the records of the other agency. Office…

VA Liberalizing Law Claim

This has to do with the Veteran or surviving spouse getting a years pension payment, prior to application date, IF they qualified for pension the prior year. Example: A year ago, Mom and Dad would have qualified if they had known about the pension, therefore they should get payment back 1 year.  The problem with this is,…