Attorney Mark Heffner was pleased to present at today’s Alzheimer’s Foundation of America free virtual educational conference, Educating America Tour 2021, helping to connect Rhode Island residents with information about Alzheimer’s disease. The AFA’s Educating America tour is a nation-wide educational initiative connecting communities with information about Alzheimer’s disease, brain health, caregiving, and more. Participants […]
Category: Medicaid & Medicare
Presentation Slides for Providence Retired Teachers Association
On October 24th, I was pleased to present to a meeting of the Providence Retired Teachers Association (PRTA), a program entitled Estate and Medicaid Planning. As promised, posted below are the slides from the presentation. This presentation was the sixth time—the first being in 2003–that I have been privileged to present to the PRTA. As […]
“Navigating Mom’s Final Years” Recap: Tools for Supporting Aging Loved Ones
I was delighted and privileged to serve as a panelist on a seminar sponsored by The Catholic Foundation of Rhode Island on October 4th entitled Navigating Mom’s Final Years. Expertly organized by Andrea Krupp, Esq. of the Catholic Foundation, the fact pattern presented was honed by my fellow panelist Betsey Purinton, CFP of StrategicPoint. The […]
Attorney Heffner Testifies Before House Finance Committee on Governor’s Medicaid Budget
On March 15th, I testified before the Finance Committee of Rhode Island House of Representative on the Governor’s proposed 2018-2019 budget. I specifically wished to alert the members of the Finance Committee to provisions contained in Articles 13 and 14 of the proposed which would enable the Rhode Island Office of Health and Human Services […]
Elder Care Law Presentation Slides for Wellness at Brown
Many thanks to Wellness at Brown for hosting Friday’s program on Elder Care Law. It was an excellent turnout with many astute questions from participants. As promised, attached are the slides which I presented. In the continuing Q&A after the program, I indicated I would post a link to a blog post which I had […]
My Latest CLE Now Available as Webinar On Demand
A couple weeks ago I was pleased to speak at a CLE on Current Developments in Medicare and Medicaid for Long-Term Care offered by the Rhode Island Bar Association. Two seniors members of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Jennifer Wood, Esq. and Deborah George, Esq., and I shared an under-used technique to […]
Financial Planning for a Life with MS: Slides from the Rhode Island Spring Education Conference
It was my pleasure and privilege to participate recently as a presenter at the Rhode Island Spring Education Conference of the Greater New England Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. My topic was entitled Adapting: Financial Planning for a Life with MS. You can view the slides from my presentation here: Adapting: Financial Planning […]
Upcoming CLE: Current Developments in Medicare and Medicaid for Long-Term Care
Rhode Island attorneys who practice elder law or advise healthcare facilities may be interested to know about an upcoming RI Bar Association CLE seminar on Medicare and Medicaid. I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be speaking at this seminar along with two senior members of the Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services […]
Estate and Medicaid Planning for Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease: Slides from a Presentation at the Caregiver’s Journey Conference
Last week, the Rhode Island’s Alzheimer’s Association did another terrific job with its annual Caregiver’s Journey Conference, a day-long conference for Alzheimer’s caregivers and care professionals. I was privileged to present on the topic of “Estate and Medicaid Planning for Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease”. I’m posting the slides from my presentation here. Whether or not you attended […]