What's new at MLS

Happy New Year everyone, we're working on a summary of end of year/new year developments, meanwhile.... Here are several upcoming events  that you may want to attend: Jan 11 at 11 am Lift our Kids rally on the State House Steps to protest cash assistance cuts  The Lift Our…

Our last Health Care Working Group meeting of 2023 will be next Wednesday, December 6 at 3pm. There are many MassHealth updates to discuss, but please also let us know if there's anything in particular that you'd like to discuss.    Zoom information for HCWG…

Hello all,    We hope you had a nice break.    We're writing to remind you that the deadline to sign onto the two letters below is by the end of the day TODAY.    Health Care For All Sign-on Letter regarding all 8 amendment requests: With…

  We are forwarding the notice from CMS of a comment period on the 1115 amendment requests that MassHealth submitted on Oct 16, 2023. Comments to CMS are due Nov 29, 2023.  In September, MassHealth accepted comments on its proposed requests for 1115 amendments and its October request…

Please see this message below from our housing unit colleagues, and consider signing onto this letter by 12pm Monday (Oct 30):   On October 16 Governor Healey announced that the state will no longer guarantee access to Emergency Assistance (EA) shelter…

We look forward to seeing you at the Thursday Oct 26 health care working group meeting at 3 pm tomorrow. This is the zoom link Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89190732365?pwd=b0FUaFNhTFAzeEJZNzlVYmhGSEJHdz09   Agenda Open Enrollment 2024 & What's New…

In August MassHealth released proposed amendments to its 1115 amendment for public comment. Today MassHealth submitted its requested amendments to CMS.   https://www.mass.gov/info-details/1115-masshealth-demonstration-waiver   All comments will be posted…

1. MassHealth Health Connector: Open Enrollment 2024 2. New Escalation Protocol for MassHealth Problem Cases 3. Reminder about MyServices.gov Massachusetts Health Connector: Open Enrollment 2024 Open Enrollment for the Health Connector is just around the…

NEXT HEALTH CARE WORKING GROUP MEETING: WEDNESDAY SEPT. 27, 2023, 3-4:30. The zoom link should be in your calendar. We’ll resend the link early next week.   Health Updates for Sept. 22, 2023 MassHealth Redeterminations CMS Letter to States on “Ex Parte” Renewals and Mitigation…

The legislative hearing on the doula bill, An Act relative to Medicaid coverage for doula services (S.782/H.1240) is happening this Wednesday, 10am-3pm, in the Gardner Auditorium. The doula bill would require MassHealth to cover doula service, and create…