Covered Services
For materials and information concerning Dental services, look under the Dental subcategory at http://www.masslegalservices.org/cat/953.
For materials and information concerning Durable Medical Equipment, look under the Durable Medical Equipment subcategory at http://www.masslegalservices.org/cat/954.
For materials on Prescription Drug Medicaid/Medicare Dual Eligibility, look under the Dual Eligibility subcategory at http://www.masslegalservices.org/cat/3200.
Resources in this Category
ALL Agency Rules & Procedures Court Decisions External Resources Practice Materials Other
| Title | Date  | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | Proposed Durable Medical Equipment Rules MassHealth has proposed many changes to DME rules. Comments due May 23, but Office of Medicaid plans to issue new notice May 30 with public hearing later in June. | 5/19/2008 | |
 | Table comparing services in MassHealth programs and Commonwealth Care | 10/19/2007 | |
| | Children's Rights to Medical Services under EPSDT Summary of the rights of children under age 21 to early, periodic screening, diagnostic and treatement (EPSDT) services under Medicaid (MassHealth) | 10/3/2007 | |
| | You CAN get there from here: reimbursement for medical transportation 1-page flyer describing how some MassHealth recipients can be reimbursed for the costs of non-emergency medical transportation | 3/20/2007 | |
 | Parents' How To Guide to Children's Mental Health Services in Massachusetts Link to the Boston Bar Association for a copy of its 2004 148 page guide to mental health services for children. | 2/14/2007 | |
| | Masshealth Member Notice on Additional Services Covered as of July 06 | 8/11/2006 | |
| | MassHealth Announcement of Verification Requirement for US Citizens This is the announcement MassHealth has prepared describing how it will implement a new federal law requiring US citizens applying for Medicaid after July 1, 2006 to verify that they are citizens | 6/30/2006 | |
| | MassHealth Changes on July 1, 2006 Changes in MassHealth effective July 1 include: restoration of optional benefits to adults; new smoking cessation benefit; increase in income eligibility for children & youth under age 19 to 300% of poverty, and implementation of federal rules requiring US citizens to verify citizenship & imposing harsher transfer of asset penalties for those seeking nursing home care. | 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 | |
| | Rosie D Experts Summary CPR has summarized the reports and findings of the expert witnesses in Rosie D v. Romney into a single report on The Status of Home-Based Services for Massachusetts Children with Serious Emotional Disturbance. A PDF version. | 2/1/2006 | |
| | Rosie D. -- Summary of Opinion A summary of the US District Court's 98 page opinion in Rosie D. v. Romney. Should be read together with the summary of th case and trial also available on this page. | 2/1/2006 | |
| | Rosie D. trial summary A 3 page summary of the cliams and the trial in Rosie D v. Romney leading to the US District Court's finding that the state's EPSDT services for children with serious emotional disturbance violate the Medicaid law. | 1/31/2006 | |
| | Practice Memo: Services Available to non-citizens denied MassHealth Long Term Care Services Updated 2007 version intentended for health care providers | 2/27/2004 | |
| | New DMA Regulations Re: Pharmacy Co-Payments Effective January 1, 2003, co-payments are increasing from $.50 to $2.00 for MassHealth recipients, unless they fall under an exception. | 12/3/2002 | |
| Provider Bulletin 101: MassHealth Limited Scope of Coverage | 6/1/1997 | ||
| | DMA Provider Regulations including covered services | ||
| | Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership web page The Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership, usually referred to as "The Partnership" is the managed care organization which manages the mental health and substance abuse services package for MassHealth recipients in the PCC program. The Partnership also contracts with various MCOs (Managed Care Organizations) to manage their behavioral health programs' The Partnership also serves as the managed care entity for various community services offered through The Department of Mental Health. | ||
