Judge John E. Hennelly and Chief Judge Michael Malihi I am pleased to welcome experienced litigator John E. Hennelly as our newest Administrative Law Judge. Prior to joining OSAH, Judge Hennelly served as a Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Section Chief of the Environmental Section of the Office of the Georgia Attorney General. He has […]
John Hennelly Joins OSAH as Newest ALJ Read More
Vague, second-hand testimony to the effect that a recipient of food stamp benefits under “Senior SNAP” was working as a “self-employed electrician” insufficient to disqualify him from the program.
Petitioner did not receive earned income such as would disqualify him from Senior SNAP. Read More
Evidence that a child born with a terminal condition received hospice services from a skilled professional at home during the one month he was alive was sufficient to show that he received skilled nursing services of the requisite amount and duration for him to qualify for Medicaid under Katie Beckett.
Hospice services sufficient evidence that child met institutional level of care criteria Read More
Staff members of a personal care home (PCH) did not perform CPR on a resident upon discovering him unconscious. The owner of the PCH argued that its staff members were not obligated to perform CPR because the resident had a durable power of attorney for healthcare appointing his son, and the applicable rules did not
Durable power of attorney for healthcare is not equivalent to advance directive Read More
After she received a $41,000 lump-sum settlement in a lawsuit, a nursing home resident made a gift of $23,724. She simultaneously loaned $16,000 to her daughter, who executed a promissory note obligating her to repay the sum in monthly installments for the resident’s nursing home care. When the resident notified the Division of Family and
Transfer penalty must be applied month of asset transfer or date of Medicaid eligibility Read More
The Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Council appropriately revoked the POST certification of a corrections officer after she abandoned her assigned post at Hancock State Prison in order to have an inmate perform unauthorized cosmetic services on her elsewhere in the facility.
