Connecticut Appeals Panel: Conservator Had Duty To Apply For Medicaid Benefits

Mealey's (October 9, 2018, 1:26 PM EDT) -- HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut Court of Appeals panel on Oct. 9 reversed a trial court judge’s ruling awarding summary judgment to a court-appointed conservator, finding that he owed a duty to a nursing home to submit applications to obtain his ward’s Medicaid benefits in order to pay for his care (Bloomfield Health Care Center of Connecticut LLC v. Jason Doyon, No. AC 40281, Conn. App., 2018 Conn. App. LEXIS 380)....