Page 26 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – Friday, December 6, 2019 YOUR FINANCIAL FOCUS | FROM PAGE 23 mation on February 25, 2020 without filing for an appeal, a new application is deemed to exist and MassHealth will only pay retroactive benefits back to November 1, 2019. There would be two months of care that the family would have to private pay for. Also, the treatment of previously-paid medical expenses can be affected by the timing of the MassHealth application. Medical expenses that are less than 90 days in the past are allowed as part of the spenddown process whenever they are paid, but if those expensIS YOUR HOME NEXT? The Revere Real Estate Listings are brought to you by: es precede the MassHealth application by more than 90 days, then a different rule may apply. Filing for an appeal preserves the original application date. Of course, the appeal has to be successful. An appeal can always be withdrawn by calling the Board of Appeals if the application is subsequently approved prior to the hearing date. The key is to not miss the appeal deadline. The Board of Hearings won’t give the applicant any slack. However, good old MassHealth can take as long as it wants to conduct the hearing itself, although federal guidelines dictate that MassHealth make a decision on the appeal within 45 days of the filing of the appeal. I had a case recently where we waited over one year for the hearing date. Fortunately, we were successful on the appeal. The nursing home had to wait over a year to get paid by MassHealth. And that’s just for one resident. That could be a good $100,000 of needed cash flow to support its operations. 53 Jackson Street Saugus, MA 01906 781-813-3325 REAL ESTATE TRANSAC TIONS Copyrighted material previously published in Banker & Tradesman/The Commercial Record, a weekly trade newspaper. It is reprinted with permission from the publisher, The Warren Group. For a searchable database of real estate transactions and property information visit: www.thewarrengroup.com. BUYER1 BUYER2 Bermudez-Ochoa, Maria V Sheikh, Fatuma Melendez, Omar Hernandez, Dimas O Letizia, John A Carbo, Blaine StGermain, David Lopez, Maria Hyzer, Rudy J Gough, Nicholas L Ahmed, Qasim Lopez, Felix A Letizia, Denise M Carbo, Martin SELLER1 Sanchez, William R Halas, Richard S Piazza Paul F Est Hernandez, Jose R Laber FT Hoyle Construction Inc Dajci, Tony Hyzer, Barbara G Troiano, Theresa M Mccue, Raymond D SELLER2 Cardona, Shirley V Halas, Linda R Kessler, Mary Letizia, Denise M ADDRESS 77 Joey Rd 36 Jarvis St 28 Rand St 130 Reservoir Ave 42 Randall Rd 263 Oakwood Ave 316 Vane St 149 Crescent Ave 42 Porter Ave #42 CITY Revere Revere Revere Revere Revere Revere Revere Revere Revere DATE 15.11.2019 14.11.2019 14.11.2019 13.11.2019 13.11.2019 13.11.2019 08.11.2019 07.11.2019 07.11.2019 PRICE $915 000,00 $455 000,00 $480 000,00 $460 000,00 $334 000,00 $900 000,00 $710 000,00 $580 000,00 $355 000,00
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