We will be closed December 24th to 27th, and January 1st 2025

Care Costs Expected to Continue to Rise

A government report projects that costs for nursing home, continuing care retirement communities, and home care will continue to rise in coming years. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) predicts that nursing home and continuing care retirement...

Getting a Replacement Social Security Tax Form

Every January Social Security mails out SSA-1099, or SSA-1042S, tax forms to all Social Security beneficiaries. The forms show what income needs to be reported to the IRS when filing an annual tax return.  The SSA-1042S form only goes out to non-US citizens who live...

We’ve Moved!

Earlier this month, Mitchell, Brown & Associates moved to new offices. We’re still in Kirkwood, but our new address is 418 S. Clay Avenue, Kirkwood, MO 63122. Our new office is one block west of Kirkwood Road behind the Woodbine Center strip mall. To get to the...

MO HealthNet (Missouri Medicaid) Annual Reviews

The Missouri Department of Social Services will begin sending annual renewal letters, starting in April 2023, to check the eligibility of all MO HealthNet/Medicaid recipients. These notices will come through the mail for all MO HealthNet recipients, including those...

New Guide for Families With Disabled Children Becoming Adults

The Special Needs Alliance has published a new guide by James A. Caffry, Esq.,  on their blog for families with disabled individuals who are soon to turn twenty-two. A separate guide for families with a disabled child turning eighteen is also linked. In many states,...

Remembering Pearl Harbor

Today, December 7th, 2022, marks the 81st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Over 2,400 American soldiers and civilians died and more than 1,000 were wounded. It is estimated that fewer than 1,500 survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack are still alive in 2022. ...