I keep receiving a bill for my dad from the Assisted Living Facility he resided in. However, my dad passed away a year and a half ago. All bills were paid in full. The amount of the bill I am receiving equals the total of his deposits his Trust received back. I called months ago and was told to ignore it and they would get back to me, which they never did. Do I need to send them a cease and desist letter or something? I would be extremely angry if somehow this ended up on my credit report! Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
HOWEVER if at the time of his death your father had bills owing to this facility and left any estate whatsoever then the executor who is distributing his estate DOES owe paying this from your father's assets. The bills should be coming to "The Estate of".....not to you, and not to his name.
"Upon the Medicaid recipient's death, the state is named as the beneficiary of the Miller Trust / Qualifying Income Trust. If there are any funds remaining in the trust account, the state will receive it as reimbursement for funds paid for the care of the Medicaid recipient.Jan 25, 2023"
If not a QIT, then I have no idea what your being billed for. And it should not be coming to you it should say "To the estate of" and sent to the Executor of the State, which is probably you.
I would call again asking why Dad is being billed when he paid all fees going in, paid monthly all the way up to his death. He does not owe Them a cent. You want the billings to stop. If not, u will be consulting a lawyer. They need to write this off whatever this is. Its probably auto statements and then someone puts them in an envelope. When u call again, get a supervisor.
Copy the accounting dept. and the head administrator as well as yourself.
The best way to do things is, if paying buy check put last and final payment on the memo line. If they cash it, then they have agreed with you and can't come back saying u owe more.