Medicaid & Medicare: Maximizing Coverage for Disabled Clients
January 15, 2010
This outline is intended to assist Disability Advocacy Program (DAP) advocates maximize health insurance coverage for clients they are representing on Social Security/SSI disability determinations. Read More

Medicare Savings Program Update
New York State Makes Changes to Improve Access to Low Income Beneficiaries
August 1, 2008
The Medicare Savings Program is more accessible than ever to low income elderly and disabled Medicare beneficiaries in New York State, thanks to two recent changes being implemented by the New York State Department of Health (DOH). Read More

Medicare Premiums to Increase in 2008
March 1, 2007
Medicare Part B - available to those over 65 or who have been eligible for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits for twenty-four months - currently costs beneficiaries $93.50 per month. Read More

Settlement of Conrad v. Perales
December 1, 2006
While, the Conrad case mirrors the length and literary plot of a Dickensian novel, its origins lie in the 1980s when the New York State Department of Social Services (DSS) and the nursing home industry developed a joint funding plan called “MOP II”, the Medicare Optimization Program. Read More