You are here

Home > News and Blogs > Blogs on MLS > Health-Law-Announcements's Blog

Health-Law-Announcements's Blog

The latest health law updates for advocates and social service providers in Massachusetts.

New paper application; enrollment event in Chelsea April 24

Submitted by Health-Law-Announcements
04/17/2015 - 4:16am
A March 2015 revision to the paper application for MassHealth & Connector coverage is out.  Attached is our review of the changes: many improvements, some old problems remain, some new problems created. 
 
Read more

MLRI Preliminary Analysis of House Ways and Means Budget

Submitted by Health-Law-Announcements
04/16/2015 - 10:15am
Attached as a pdf file
Read more

Spanish and English Flyers on Upcoming MassHealth Renewal Events

Submitted by Health-Law-Announcements
04/14/2015 - 4:21pm
Attached are flyers in English and Spanish about the Renewal Events in Boston on April 15th and Chelsea on April 24th.  Your assistance in referring appropriate MassHealth recipients to these events is appreciated.
Read more

MassHealth Renewal Event in Boston Wed. April 15

Submitted by Health-Law-Announcements
04/10/2015 - 6:00pm
MassHealth & Connector staff will be available in downtown Boston to provide in person assistance to people who need to reapply to renew their MassHealth coverage. See the attached flyer. 
 
When: April 15, 2015 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Where: 600 Washington St. Boston, MA 02111
Read more

Revised Income Guidelines for MassHealth

Submitted by Health-Law-Announcements
04/02/2015 - 2:06pm
MassHealth revised and updated its Desk Chart for income calculations by rounding up to the next whole dollar. This caused us to revise once again our MLRI MassHealth Income Chart.  Please excuse the confusion. Use the April 7yh edition attached here and posted at /content/masshealth-income-guidelines
Read more

Alert for Legal Immigrants about Health Connector Denials

Submitted by Health-Law-Announcements
03/31/2015 - 11:08pm

On March 20, 2015 the Health Connector began sending out delayed denial notices to a group of 34,000 immigrants who it says are not eligible immigrants.

Some of the immigrants getting these notices are legal immigrants who should not be denied.

Attached is an alert for affected immigrants including information about how to get legal assistance. Please help GBLS and MLRI to identify legal immigrants incorrectly denied benefits by distributing this form and letting any of your patients or clients know how to contact us.

Read more

MassHealth Termination Alert - MassHealth Renewal Extensions Available

Submitted by Health-Law-Announcements
03/30/2015 - 11:19am

Alert to legal aid offices and social service providers about MassHealth terminations and the availability of MassHealth Renewal Extensions:

It is not too late for renewing MassHealth members who receive termination notices to reapply and reinstate their coverage back to the date it ended, and you can help

What happened?

Read more

Urgent: CHIP up for renewal on Thursday, please contact your Representative today

Submitted by Health-Law-Announcements
03/25/2015 - 1:26pm
 
March 25, 2015 alert from Families USA
 
Read more

MLRI MassHealth Income Chart for 2015

Submitted by Health-Law-Announcements
03/20/2015 - 7:43pm
Read more

Don't let March deadlines bring April closing notices

Submitted by Health-Law-Announcements
03/11/2015 - 5:05am

In his proposed budget for FY 16, the Governor is anticipating that MassHealth average annual enrollment will drop by 200,000 people between FY 2015 & FY 2016 due to redeterminations/renewals.

MassHealth suspended annual renewals for most people under age 65 from Oct. 2013 to Feb. 2015. MassHealth resumed annual renewals in February 2015. This year and next approximately 1.2 million people must complete a reapplication in order to have their eligibility redetermined under new rules that count households and income in a new way.

Read more
Subscribe to