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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Amy Goertz<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you so much, Jeff. This is immensely helpful.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The answer to some of your questions may be in <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=388-97-0300">WAC 388-97-0300:</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Subsection (1)(e) says: “(1) The nursing home must provide the resident, before admission, . . . both orally and in writing and in language and words that the resident understands, with
the following information: . . . (e) Items, services and activities available in the nursing home and of charges for those services, including any charges for services not covered under medicare or medicaid or by the home's per diem rate.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Subsection (7)(b) says: “(7) The nursing home must furnish a written description of legal rights which includes: . . .(b) In the case of a nursing facility only, a description of the requirements
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Subsection (9) says: “(9) The skilled nursing facility and nursing facility must prominently display in the facility written information, and provide to residents and individuals applying
for admission oral and written information, about how to apply for and use medicare and medicaid benefits, and how to receive refunds for previous payments covered by such benefits.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">[FYI, the term “skilled nursing facility” refers to Medicare certification. The term “nursing facility” refers to Medicaid certification. Most nursing homes have both.]</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">You say there are adult sons. If one or more had a POA or otherwise were surrogate decision makers, then they too should have been informed. The main laws setting forth who’s the resident’s
surrogate decision maker is here <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=388-97-0240">WAC 388-97-0240:</a> and here <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=70.129.010">RCW
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">It’s hard to imagine that the nursing home and home care agency did not send out any billing. The PR can and should request a copy of the billing, the admission contracts, and the facility’s
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The facility will argue unjust enrichment and breach of contract if she didn’t pay. The sons may be able to counter with a collateral estoppel type argument, if they weren’t notified and
justifiably relied upon the facility promises. It would help if you can show she likely would have qualified for Medicaid had the application been filed. You may be able to get the claim denied or negotiated down.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, October 21, 2024 12:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>[WSBAPT] Nursing Home Claim</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">10/13/22 - Spokane woman on Part C Medicare Advantage plan enters Franklin Hills Health and Rehab in Spokane.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">8/21/23 - Discharged to home with Generations Home Care Spokane (arranged by Franklin Hills).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">9/4/23 - Taken from home to Providence Sacred Heart Hospital Spokane.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">9/24/23 - Dies in the Hospital.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Adult sons say the Nursing home told them several times they were going to get her on Medicaid. They never did.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Small law firm out of Arizona files a Creditor Claim asking for $89,750 for Franklin Hills care from 12/10/22 - 8/21/22 and $14,078.57 for Generations Home Care from 8/21/22 - 9/4/22. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The sons tell me there was never a single bill sent out during all that time. They were told that Franklin Hills had their mom fill out paperwork for presumably Medicaid for payment and that was the last they ever heard about it. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The house is sold and there is some money in the Estate account now however there is close or not enough in the Estate to pay these bills. <o:p></o:p></p>
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