As we previously shared with our clients and professional partners, New York State has instituted a new rule requiring all Medicaid recipients utilizing the CDPAP (Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Program) program to...

New Rules Effective March 24, 2025, Require Your Immediate Attention! We write to inform you of important changes in the federal guidelines governing nursing home admission agreements that will take effect this Monday, March...

The New York State Department of Health has released updated information regarding resource and income allowances for Medicaid and other benefits programs. The following figures are effective as of January 1, 2025:...

Many New York residents rely on the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) to obtain their home care services through the New York State Medicaid program. CDPAP allows the community (home care) Medicaid...

By: Dana Walsh Sivak, Esq. On the evening of January 27, 2025, the Trump Administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a “Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies” titled, “Temporary...

We are pleased to announce that FRB Partner and Chair of Elder Law Dana Walsh Sivak, Esq. has been honored with the 2024 Long Island Business News Leaders in Law Award for Partners. This award recognizes attorneys who...

By: Dana Walsh Sivak, Esq. The Elder Law Practice Group at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman would like to share some important Elder Law legal updates with our clients and professional partners that will impact Medicaid...

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman’s Dana Walsh Sivak, Esq., Partner and Co-Chair of the Elder Law Practice Group, shares her inspiring journey as an elder law attorney and her passion for advocating change in an interview...

FRB’s Dana Walsh Sivak, Esq., Partner and Co-Chair of the Elder Law Practice Group, was recently featured in Beyond the Balance Sheet, a podcast hosted by Diana Clark and Arden O’Connor of the O’Connor Professional...

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman’s Dana Walsh Sivak, Esq., Partner and Co-Chair of the Elder Law Practice Group, is prominently featured in the April and May issues of Wolters Kluwer’s Of Counsel: The Legal Practice and...