I am feeling a bit feisty today because I just read again a case where an agent will needlessly have to pay, more than $50,000, out of his own pocket because he violated two simple rules.
Here’s a case from our neighbor to the south, Ohio, that came out late last year. The court ruled an Agent under a DPOA was personally responsible for the nursing home bills. Unless you want to pay tens of thousands of dollars on somebody else’s bills, don’t make his mistakes!
The case called Classic Healthcare Systems, LLC v. Miracle (yes the Agent’s name was miracle!) The case can be found at http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/12/2017/2017-Ohio-8540.pdf
I will not go through the mind numbing details but there are two simple big mistakes he made when he signed an admission agreement, a contract with the nursing home, while his mother was already a resident and then he tried to do Medicaid himself.
If you follow the two rules above you will not be sued by a nursing home for failure to pay their very large bill.
There. I feel better now, my outrage has settled down. Hope it will help you.
Good day!