Debra K. Schuster

Areas of Practice Medicare claims and appeals Medicaid Planning and Asset protection advice Filing of Medicaid applications and appeals for nursing home, community, and home-based benefits Estate Planning, with a focus on end-of-life planning and minimizing financial exploitation Probate Mental Health Law Guardian and Conservatorship Representation Veterans benefit advising Special Needs Planning Financial Exploitation Elder and Adult mediation Long-term disability and Long-term care insurance claim filing and appeals Bar Admissions Missouri, 1991 Illinois 1992 Education State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York B. A., Physical Anthropology - 1985 Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri Master in Health Administration- 1987 St. Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, focus on health and elder law. Co-founder, Public Interest Law Group J. D. - 1991 Published Works Author of a variety of articles pertaining to incapacity planning, ethical issues when representing elderly clients, eligibility for Medicaid nursing home benefits, long-term care insurance claims and appeals, Life Care Planning and Elder Mediation, including Mediation- A Holistic, Client-Centered Alternative Approach to End-of-Life Treatment Disputes, (with co-author, Kim Kirn) Life Care Planning Law Firm Association Newsletter, Spring, 2010 The Evolving Practice of Elder Law... Life Care Planning (with co-author, Wesley Coulson), St. Louis Bar Journal, Vol. 56, No. 4, Spring 2010. Long-term Care Insurance: How to Interpret Policies and File Claims and Appeals, The Elder Law Report, Spring, 2016 Classes/Seminars Adjunct Professor, St. Louis University School of Law, Fall, 2009, Administrative Aspects of Elder Law Frequent speaker at: the Annual St. Louis University Geriatric Symposium, for St. Louis ARC, Maryville University Masters in Geriatrics Program UMSL Masters in Geriatric program Brown School of Social Work at Washington University Alzheimers Association MS Society Volunteer Work Member of the Planning Committee, Memory Care Home Solutions Secretary of the Board, VNA of Greater St. Louis Member of the Patient Services Committee Board Member, St. Louis Chapter of the Huntingtons Disease Society Member of the Strategic Planning Committee, Covenant Place Professional Associations and Memberships National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys national and Missouri chapters The Association of Attorney Mediators The Life Care Planning Law Firm Association State chairperson of Elder Law Answers Missouri End-of-Life Coalition Pro Bono Activities The National Council for Jewish Womens Healing Hearts Bank, Providing micro-loans to members of the Beyond Housing community Volunteer lawyer, County Older Residents Program