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April 26, 2025 by bob mason 27 Comments

Medicaid Transfer Penalty: Avoid This Costly Mistake

That's a "no-no" if you want to avoid a Medicaid transfer penalty

The Medicaid transfer penalty is the most common issue we deal with when we submit an application for Medicaid nursing home benefits. Question: Do you know someone who MIGHT have to consider a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Medicaid, Nursing Homes, Reader Favorites, Uncategorized Tagged With: Medicaid penalties, NC Medicaid nursing home, transfers of assets

December 8, 2018 by bob mason 6 Comments

Tackling the North Carolina Medicaid Application Monster

Once a fairly routine procedure, the North Carolina Medicaid application process has gotten much more difficult. Perhaps rising budget concerns and controlling Medicaid is the reason. The North … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Medicaid, Nursing Homes, Reader Favorites Tagged With: Medicaid, Medicaid Planning, nursing home, nursing homes

August 25, 2017 by bob mason

Kill Your IRA. Get Away With Murder.

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For many people, this may be a great time to kill a traditional IRA. Dismantle it. Take it down. Cash it in. Or at least start that process and save thousands of tax dollars doing it. Especially as we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, General, IRAs & Retirement Plans, Medicaid, Reader Favorites, Tax Issues Tagged With: Individual Retirement Plan, IRA, Medicaid, nursing home, Taxes, Terminating an IRA

January 27, 2015 by bob mason Leave a Comment

Mason: Back to SuperLawyers 2015!

ASHEBORO, NC — Jan. 21, 2015: Minneapolis-based Law & Politics, publishers of Super Lawyers magazines, announced that Asheboro, NC, elder law and special needs law attorney Robert A. Mason has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, General Tagged With: Bob Mason, CELA, Certified elder law attorney, north carolina

April 30, 2014 by bob mason Leave a Comment

Mason Named to Council of Advanced Practitioners

On April 29, Bob was named to the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Council of Advanced Practitioners (CAP). In order to be a CAP member, an elder law attorney must have been a NAELA member and … [Read more...]

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