MassHealth is the name given to the Massachusetts Medicaid Program. This section contains information concerning eligibility and services under the MassHealth program, as well as links to important web sites needed for effective advocacy for MassHealth applicants and recipients. The section also contain copies of fair hearing decisions involving the MassHealth program, but we need your help:
Please send us copies of your fair hearing decisions to the attention of Neil Cronin, MLRI, 99 Chauncy Street, Boston, MA. 02111 Ncronin@mlri.org
The 2009 MassHealth Advocacy Guide, An Advocate's Guide to the Massachusetts Medicaid Program. Includes an overview of the MassHealth program, eligibility criteria, covered services, premiums, and Read More
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. Read More
MassHealth income standards. Read More
On Feb 4, 2009 President Obama signed the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization into law. Read More
MLRI has prepared a flyer on the MassHealth Breast & Cervical Cancer program --more affordable and comprehensive benefits for uninsured women AND women on Commonwealth Care or MassHealth Essential Read More
Summary of fiscal 2008 budget items and administrative developments affecting access to MassHealth, CMSP, Prescription Advantage, Free Care (Health Safety Net), Commonwealth Care and implementation of Read More
This January 2007 memo outlines new coverage options for people under 300% of the poverty level under the 2006 health reform law including Commonwealth Care for uninsured adults and expanded Family As Read More
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 citi Read More
How to appeal from an adverse MassHealth fair hearing decision Read More
The Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee's DYS Project has released the on-line version of the Third Edition of "Just for Youth: Advocating for Youth in the Massachusetts Department of Youth Servi Read More
Find dentists participating in MassHealth using this website Read More
Starting in March, somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000 MassHealth households who are currently responsible for premiums will receive notices that they are in substantial arrears on their monthly Mass Read More