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Which is what they should have done in the case of the 60k. Its up to the payee to find out why they are not getting paid. As payee they can talk to SS and get things straighten out. Not the family member.
This is laziness on the part of the NHs credit department. I worked collections and accts receivable. Monthly we got print outs of our accounts. Doesn't take that long to quickly run down accounts and see where there is a balance due. I have a feeling they are leaving it up to the yearly accountants to find outstanding balances.
Its up to you. Me, it was one less thing I had to worry about.
OT, I was just in Pennsville last week, visiting friends in Salem! Beautiful and historic area.
“They sent me a monthly bill (for her share of cost)and I paid it. Worked fine for the 3 years she was there and I always knew it was getting paid. My friend made her moms NH her payee and somehow SS decided her Mom had died and stopped paying. She found out when the financial lady tracked her down and told her she owed $60k and they were evicting Mom. It took months to get it straightened out. When you pay it yourself theres less chance for screwups.”
Myself, as well as my husband are her POAs, and as such dont think we can be forced to pay that cost if that happened to us, however what a nightmare this scenario looks like. Lots of hoop jumping Im sure!
They prolly didn’t bother
to tell family member that SS was not paying because if Im correct
the nursing home is then no longer stuck at the original payment amount, and can now charge the over bloated nursing home fees
of like $700 a day!
Nevertheless what a nightmare!
Hope I understood your questions.