Estate Planning Basics

This quick read makes understanding the rules of estate planning easy!

Estate Planning Basics  provides concise, straightforward and easy-to-read explanations of the major components of estate planning, so that you don’t have to spend hours wading through endless options (most of which apply to the wealthy).

Learn about:

  • choosing beneficiaries
  • estate planning by parents with minor children
  • wills
  • living trusts
  • other probate-avoidance methods, including using a retirement plan like an IRA or 401(k) as an estate planning device
  • estate taxes and tax-reduction methods
  • trusts for people in second marriages, or for those leaving property to a disabled person
  • planning for the handling of medical and financial decisions if one becomes incompetent

    Attorney Denis Clifford gives you the reliable, plain-English answers you need, whether you’re doling out the family heirlooms or steering clear of estate taxes. The 5th edition is updated with the the latest estate planning laws and information of your state. (20090102)This quick read makes understanding the rules of estate planning easy!

    Estate Planning Basics  provides concise, straightforward and easy-to-read explanations of the major components of estate planning, so that you don’t have to spend hours wading through endless options (most of which apply to the wealthy).

    Learn about:

  • choosing beneficiaries
  • estate planning by parents with minor children
  • wills
  • living trusts
  • other probate-avoidance methods, including using a retirement plan like an IRA or 401(k) as an estate planning device
  • estate taxes and tax-reduction methods
  • trusts for people in second marriages, or for those leaving property to a disabled person
  • planning for the handling of medical and financial decisions if one becomes incompetent

    Attorney Denis Clifford gives you the reliable, plain-English answers you need, whether you’re doling out the family heirlooms or steering clear of estate taxes. The 5th edition is updated with the the latest estate planning laws and information of your state. (20090102)

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  • Estate Planning Basics

    Estate planning rules explained in one quick read!

    Estate Planning Basics provides concise, straightforward, and easy-to-read explanations of the major components of estate planning, so that you don’t have to spend hours wading through endless options (most of which apply to the wealthy).

    Learn about:

  • choosing beneficiaries
  • estate planning by parents with minor children
  • wills
  • living trusts
  • other probate-avoidance methods, including using a retirement plan like an IRA or 401(k) as an estate planning device
  • estate taxes and tax-reduction methods
  • trusts for people in second marriages, or for those leaving property to a disabled person
  • planning for the handling of medical and financial decisions if one becomes incompetent

    Attorney Denis Clifford gives you the reliable, plain-English answers you need, whether you’re doling out the family heirlooms or trying to steer clear of estate taxes. The 6th edition has been fully updated to reflect your state’s latest estate planning laws and information.

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    List Price: $ 24.99
    Price: $ 16.49

  • Managed Medicare & Medicaid Factbook: 2011

    Managed Medicare and Medicaid Factbook: 2011 provides convenient access to up-to-date enrollment data so you can easily evaluate market share, make plan-by-plan or state-by-state comparisons, identify opportunities and develop strategies. It includes current statistics on:
    *MA, Medicare managed care, Medicare Part D and managed Medicaid enrollment
    *Medicare eligibles by state, market penetration by state and by region
    *Enrollees by type of product including Part D, Special Needs Plans, HMO, local PPO, regional PPO, PFFS and others
    *Directories of MA, Medicaid plans and Part D plans with contact information
    *MA and Medicaid plans financial trends

    The completely updated Managed Medicare and Medicaid Factbook: 2011 also includes new coverage of these hot topics:
    *Costs, premiums, rate cuts and profitability;
    *Star ratings, quality bonuses and ACO alliances;
    *State initiatives in Medicaid; and
    *Marketing regulations and bid strategies, along with other challenges such as meaningful differences, rate cuts, RADV audits, RACs and data reporting requirements.

    You can have all of this information at your fingertips no need to contact 50 different Medicaid agencies, scour through the convoluted CMS website, or cut and paste to get data into a format that lets you compare apples to apples. Our experts have compiled the most relevant and timely facts for you and presented them in a way that provides one, easy-to-access resource of the managed Medicare and Medicaid data you need to develop sound strategies for 2012 and beyond.

    Table of Contents
    Ch 1: MA Market Developments
    *MA Market Expansions
    *Mergers and Acquisitions
    *Private-Fee-for-Service Plans
    *Special Needs Plans
    *Alliances With ACOs
    Ch 2: Strategies and Challenges for Marketing MA and Part D Plans
    *2011 Enrollment Season
    *Regulation and Enforcement of Marketing Rules
    *Product Development and Benefit Design
    *Marketing Alliances
    Ch 3: Bid Submissions, Evaluations and Denials
    *Meaningful Differences Among Products
    *Bid Strategies, Challenges and Results
    *Bid Denials and Violations
    Ch 4: Medicare and Medicaid Plans Financial Performance
    *MA Financial Trends
    *MA Financial Results
    *Medicaid Plans Financial Results
    *Stock Performance
    *Leadership Changes at Medicare and Medicaid Plans
    Ch 5: Costs and Premiums for MA and Part D
    *Payment Rate Cuts
    *Rising Premiums
    *Cost Savings
    Ch 6: MA Plan Audits
    *Data Validation
    *RADV
    Ch 7: New MA Data Reporting Requirements
    *Regulatory Burdens
    *RACs
    *Encounter Data Reporting
    Ch 8: MA Star Ratings and Other Quality Initiatives
    *Criteria and Measures for Quality Ratings
    *Quality Bonuses
    *Flagging Poor Performers
    *NCQA Rankings
    Ch 9: Medicare Managed Care Enrollment Trends and Market Share Data
    Ch 10: Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Data
    *Enrollment Data
    *Federal Retiree Drug Subsidy
    *Low-Income Subsidy
    *Directory of PDPs Sorted by Parent Organization
    Ch 11: Regional Managed Medicare Marketplace Data
    Ch 12: MA Plan Directory
    *MA, Cost, PACE and Demonstration Plans
    Ch 13: Dir. of Federal and Regional Medicare Regulators
    Ch 14: Managed Medicaid Business Strategies and Developments
    *Medicaid Plans Expansion
    *Contract Decisions
    *Mergers and Acquisitions
    *Payment Rate Changes
    *Legal Conflicts
    Ch 15: Managed Medicaid Developments in States
    *State Initiatives
    *States With Implemented Medicaid 1115 Waiver Programs
    Ch 16: Managed Medicaid Enrollment and Market Share Data
    *Managed Medicaid Enrollment Data
    *Managed Medicaid Market Share Data
    Ch 17: Dir. of Medicaid Plans
    Ch 18: Directories of State Medicaid Regulators

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    Estate Planning Basics

    Estate planning rules explained in one quick read!

    Estate Planning Basics provides concise, straightforward, and easy-to-read explanations of the major components of estate planning, so that you don’t have to spend hours wading through endless options (most of which apply to the wealthy).

    Learn about:

  • choosing beneficiaries
  • estate planning by parents with minor children
  • wills
  • living trusts
  • other probate-avoidance methods, including using a retirement plan like an IRA or 401(k) as an estate planning device
  • estate taxes and tax-reduction methods
  • trusts for people in second marriages, or for those leaving property to a disabled person
  • planning for the handling of medical and financial decisions if one becomes incompetent

    Attorney Denis Clifford gives you the reliable, plain-English answers you need, whether you’re doling out the family heirlooms or trying to steer clear of estate taxes. The 5th edition has been fully updated to reflect your state’s latest estate planning laws and information. (20090102)

    Buy Now!

    List Price: $ 24.99
    Price: $ 12.87

  • The Medicaid Handbook 2008 – Protecting Your Assets From Nursing Home Costs

    The Medicaid Handbook – 2008 edition, by elder law attorney Sean W. Scott, provides valuable information and guidance on using Medicaid to pay for nursing home care. The Medicaid Handbook explains the complex Medicaid eligibility process in simple, easy-to-understand language. It contains illustrations and diagrams of key concepts and areas of interest including income trusts, spousal diversion and look-back periods. The text describes the legal ways to avoid being impoverished by the costs of nursing home care and still qualify for benefits. The reader will learn how to overcome the barriers to accessing the Medicaid program in order to protect their savings, their house, car, and way of life. This guide makes simple the complex subject of how to qualify for nursing home Medicaid. The 2008 edition contains up-to-date information as well as the most recent federal Medicaid law changes. It contains specific information on Medicaid’s financial eligibility requirements for all 50 states.The Medicaid Handbook – 2008 edition, by elder law attorney Sean W. Scott, provides valuable information and guidance on using Medicaid to pay for nursing home care. The Medicaid Handbook explains the complex Medicaid eligibility process in simple, easy-to-understand language. It contains illustrations and diagrams of key concepts and areas of interest including income trusts, spousal diversion and look-back periods. The text describes the legal ways to avoid being impoverished by the costs of nursing home care and still qualify for benefits. The reader will learn how to overcome the barriers to accessing the Medicaid program in order to protect their savings, their house, car, and way of life. This guide makes simple the complex subject of how to qualify for nursing home Medicaid. The 2008 edition contains up-to-date information as well as the most recent federal Medicaid law changes. It contains specific information on Medicaid’s financial eligibility requirements for all 50 states.

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