Important Medi-Cal Facts

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Judd Matsunaga’s emphasis is on Medi-Cal planning and preservation of assets, revocable living trusts, special needs trusts, powers of attorney and medical directives.

Because of the increasing costs of skilled nursing care, Judd provides expert legal advice on how to qualifiy for Medi-Cal by using legal strategies to preserve assets through transfers, gifting and conversion. Judd Matsunaga prepares all of the necessary legal documents to accomplish qualification and preservation.

Judd Matsunaga provides comprehensive Medi-Cal Planning and Estate Planning services which provide you the opportunity to state your personal desires for health care and the handling of your financial affairs during your lifetime and to direct to whom your assets will be distributed upon your death. These services include the preparation of revocable living trusts to avoid probate, estate tax avoidance trusts, irrevocable trusts, wills, powers of attorney for financial affairs, medical directives, special needs trusts for disabled children or adults, and all the related documents required to ensure that your wishes and needs and taken care of.

Judd Matsunaga, Estate Planning and Probate Attorney

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Estate Planning and Probate Attorney, Judd Matsunaga, is an established, experienced and attorney who is the founding partner of Elder Law Services of California, a Professional Law Corporation  that emphasizes Medi-Cal planning and Estate Planning.

Estate Planning encompasses many different legal issues including Wills, Irrevocable Trusts, Asset Preservation, Medi-Cal Planning, Financial Elder Abuse, and assistance with settling an estate after the death of a spouse.

Often times Medi-Cal planning is what is needed for the individual who can not afford long-term care insurance.  Mr. Matsunaga is an expert at formulating a special Trust tailored to specific Medi-Cal issues which may include a Power of Attorney to enable your designated agent to act on your behalf according to your predefined instructions.

Whatever your individual Estate planning needs are, you can rest assured that Mr. Matsunaga’s years of experience and continuing education have prepared him carefully attend to your individual needs with the greatest attention to detail.

Judd Matsunaga is an Estate Planning Attorney who truly cares.  Judd has made appearances on a number of television programs where he discussed a variety of Estate planning issues.

Judd has also conducted hundreds of seminars and spoken to many different business organizations,  churches and special interest groups.

Judd Matsunaga of Elder Law Services of California explains Medi-Cal

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Judd Matsunaga of Elder Law Services of California explains that Medi-Cal is the state of California’s version of the federal Medicaid program that provides additional health insurance for qualified individuals who are 65 years of age, blind or disabled.  Medi-Cal is particularly helpful for individuals who are residing in a skilled nursing home that have exhausted their Medicare skilled nursing home coverage.  While Medicare may cover the first 20 days of skilled nursing home expenses, coverage for days 21 through 100 requires a co-payment of $128.00 per day and is only available if the patient continues to show improvement in his or her condition.  On the other hand, Medi-Cal will continue to pay for skilled nursing home expenses indefinitely, regardless of whether or not the patient continues to show improvement.

Unfortunately, many people are misinformed about the eligibility criteria Medi-Cal uses to determine
eligibility.  Such misinformation is likely due to the constantly changing and complicated Medi-Cal rules and regulations.  Despite what you might have heard, you do not have to be poor in order to qualify for Medi-Cal benefits.  With the guidance of an experienced, knowledgeable elder law attorney like Judd Matsunaga, it is legal to implement various planning strategies in order to qualify for Medi-Cal benefits.

Elder Law Services of California is experienced in developing and implementing various Medi-Cal planning strategies to quickly qualify an individual for Medi-Cal benefits and to minimize or completely eliminate any state recovery for benefits received.  Medi-Cal planning is one the firm’s specialties and the firm takes great pride in developing and presenting a choice of sound planning options for their clients which are tailored to their individual circumstances.

Judd Matsunaga, founding partner of Elder Law Services of California

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Judd Matsunaga, founding partner of Elder Law Services of California, specializes in Elder Law with emphasis in the areas California Medi-Cal Planning, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Administration.  Judd works closely with the firm’s clients to ensure that their assets are protected and preserved according to the client’s individual circumstances and goals.

California Medi-Cal regulations are constantly being updated. Medi-Cal planning should only be done under the supervision of a qualified, Elder Law attorney who specializes in Medi-Cal.  Certain transfers of property can have significant tax ramifications that should be discussed with a qualified, Elder Law attorney.  An improper transfers can actually disqualify a Medi-Cal beneficiary and result in a lengthy period of ineligibility for Medi-Cal benefits.

MEDI-CAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY JUDD MATSUNAGA & ELDER LAW SERVICES OF CALIFORNIA

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MEDI-CAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY JUDD MATSUNAGA & ELDER LAW SERVICES OF CALIFORNIA

Elder Law Attorney Judd Matsunaga understands that Medi-Cal planning can be an emotional undertaking for you and your family.  Elder Law Services of California will ensure that the Medi-Cal process is as easy and uncomplicated as possible by providing the following services:

  • Preparation and explanation of alternative Medi-Cal planning strategies for your specific situation
  • Implementation of your choice of Medi-Cal qualification strategies
  • Preparation of  Medi-Cal application forms
  • Judd Matsunaga and Elder Law Services will deal directly with Medi-Cal on your behalf through the entire Medi-Cal application  process
  • Preparation of estate planning documents when  applicable and
  • Preparation of all documents necessary to reduce or eliminate Medi-Cal recovery when applicable