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MassHealth Managed Care Options in 2023

03/29/2023 - Various
On April 1, 2023 MassHealth members subject to mandatory managed care will have a new set of managed care options. These changes do not... Read more

COMMUNITY LAWYERING – THE ROLE OF LAWYERS IN THE SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT

08/27/2013 - Charles Elsesser
Within the past decade there has been a renewed interest in a style of practice we call “community lawyering.” I use the term “renewed”... Read more

Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care

01/01/2003 - National Academy of Sciences
Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from differing socioeconomic... Read more

OLGT 2023-24: Cross Program: Clarification of Lien Procedures for the AP-SSI-IAR Form

03/24/2023 - DTA
Emergency Assistance to the Elderly, Disabled, and Children (EAEDC) clients are required to complete the Authorization for... Read more

OLGT 2023-21A: Cross Programs: Extension and Redesignation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti

03/16/2023 - DTA
This OLGT is being reissued as OLGT 2023-21A to clarify that Cuban and Haitian noncitizens with a status of TPS might qualify as Cuban/... Read more