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| Title | Date  | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | MLRI Comments on Young Adult Insurance Plans Raising concerns about annual caps set at too low level | 6/4/2007 | |
| | Letter to Sec. Bigby on poverty level reclassification This letter from MLRI & HCFA urges Sec. Bigby to automatically reclassify MassHealth members under the new 2007 poverty level standards without waiting for annual redtermination. Advocates should also check for clients who may be entitled to a richer coverage type or lower premiums under the new income guidelines. | 4/30/2007 | |
 | Commonwealth Care Eligibility Regulations-12/2006 Regulations govcerning the Connector Authority's implementation of the new Commonwealth Care Program, eligibility and hearings | 3/5/2007 | |
| | ACT !! Coalition's Recommendations to the Connector Board on Affordable Enrollee Premiums and Cost Sharing | 8/10/2006 | |
| | MLRI Comments to CMS on Citizenship Verification with 15 Organizational Co-signers Fifteen Massachusetts organizations sign on to MLRI's comments to the Center for Medicaid/Medicare Services (CMS) on interim final regulations requring states to verify citenship and identity for citizens applying for Medicaid. cit | 8/10/2006 | |
| | MLRI comments to the Connector Board on CCHIP Emergency Regulations MLRI's comments on Connector Board's Emergency Regulations 956 CMR 2.00, "MMCO Participation in CCHIP", and Administrative Bulletin 01-06, "Guidelines for MMCO Plan Submission" | 8/10/2006 | |
| | Health Reform/Budget Update August 2, 2006 | 8/2/2006 | |
| | Fiscal year 2007 budget for office of medicaid On July 8, 2006 the Governor signed the budget for fiscal year 2007 including over $7.4 billion for MassHealth. He also vetoed $75 million & struck language extending MassHealth to 19 year olds aging out of foster care, providing for help getting birth certificates at no cost for US citizens required to verify citizenship & restoring the federal maximum community spouse resource allowance that had been cut back to the minimum in 2003. The legislature has until July 31, 2006 to override the vetoes. | 7/10/2006 | |
| | MassHealth expands eligibility for children to 300% of poverty This is the notice of the emergency rule & proposed final rule increasing the income eligibility for children in Family Assistance from 200% to 300% of poverty; adding a new requirement of 6-months without insurance to discourage families from dropping private coverage, and new premium charges. The rule itself is posted at www.mass.gov/masshealth. Comments can be filed through July 22. | 6/30/2006 | |
| | Notice to Members of New & Restored Benefits This is the notice MassHealth mailed to members telling them about the July 1 2006 benefit improvements; more detailed information for providers and emergency rules are now or will soon be posted at www.mass.gov/masshealth | 6/30/2006 | |
| | Comments to proposed Florida Medicaid reform CPR is working with Florida's Advocacay Center for Persons with Disabilities to seek changes to portions of Florida's sweeping Medicaid waiver proposal. Our letter to the state may be of interst to MA Medicaid advocates as Florida's program is being considered as a model by other states. | 2/22/2006 | |
| Proposed PCA rules MassHealth has proposed rules to exclude only family members who are legally liable for the support of the MassHealth recipient, such as a spouse or the parent of a minor child, from being personal care attendants. This is a liberalization of the current rule which excludes family members who are not legally liable such as the adult child of a parent on MassHealth. The proposed effective date is March 1, 2006. Comments are accepted through January 23, 2006. For more info, see: http://mass.gov/masshealth/proposedregs. | 1/10/2006 | ||
| | Relationship between Medicare Part D and Uncompensated Care Pool Attached is a memo from DHCFP discussing the coverage relationship of the two programs. | 12/6/2005 | |
