Letter from CMS to the states describing new category of "legally residing" immigrant pregnant women & children who can be treated as fully eligible for Medicaid  Read More

Desk guide with charts summarizing immigrant eligibility rules and identifying documents and codes that establish different types of immigration status for MassHealth and Commonwealth Care.  Read More

Attached is Health Law Advocates's complaint challenging on equal protection grounds state law dropping nonfederally eligible immigrants from Commonwealth Care in FY 2010. More information about the Read More

Even though the office of Medicaid has not yet published regulations on the matter, under the provisions of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) various classes o Read More

Attached to this posting is the list of covered services and copayment charges for the new CeltiCare program which will cover those 31,000 lawfully present immigrants who were cut from CommCare effe Read More

The attached notices are being sent from the Executive Office of Health and Human Services to those AWSS immigrants who lost CommCare coverage effective August 31st.  The notices explain to memb Read More

The Patrick Administration has announced its plan for continued health coverage for immigrants losing CommCare Coverage beginning September 1st.  As you remember, legal immigrants who are inelig Read More

AWSS in Commonwealth Care 8-12-09 UPDATE * On August 11 the MassHealth agency generated termination notices for up to 31,000 legal immigrants ending their Commonwealth Care coverage on 8/31/09. Read More

Late last night the Massachusetts Legislature passed a supplemental appropriation budget for FY 2010 which partially restores the cut to immigrants with special status in the CommCare program.  Read More

Due to changes in federal law, certain Iraqi and Afghan aliens may qualify for MassHealth programs as Qualified Aliens. Read More