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Fall Greetings! To compliment this shortened week, we have a shorter Health Announce! Topics for this week’s Health Announce: Three new MassHealth member websites. Disability Law Center hosts REV UP MA 2024 Disability Voting Webinar. Got any topic additions for next week’s Health Care…

Happy Fluffernutter Day! Today is the day to celebrate this delicious marshmallow confection, invented in 1917 by Archibald Query in Somerville, Massachusetts. While the most popular sandwich recipe uses just peanut butter and fluffernutter, savory versions of the…

Do you need an excuse to go outside and enjoy a beautiful fall hike in the woods? Check out the treasure hunt that is Project Skydrop. Fortunately, finding updates on important developments in health law is not a treasure hunt! With a focus on amendments to Massachusetts’…

Happy Fall! It’s official – autumn has arrived. Yesterday at 08:44 am EDT marked the autumnal equinox, and the sun crossed the celestial equator.  If you missed a chance to mark the occasion, you can enjoy an Extreme Moonset – the earliest setting of the moon during this year of…

  Good Morning! Here we are putting away summer clothes and pulling out warmer sweaters, and Health Announce is trying out a new look! Topics for this week’s Health Announce: 1. MassHealth’s new monthly dashboard. 2. New MCE bulletin to support access to community…

Happy September! I hope everyone had a lovely Labor Day weekend.  This week’s Health Announce covers: Long-sought estate recovery amendments included with passage of the Long-Term Care Reform Bill!   Maternal Health Bill signed into law too! MassHealth…

Hello to All! As we wind down summer and enter the start of a new school year (for some) and cooler days (for all), here is this week’s Health Announce, featuring: MassHealth confirms major changes to the Independent Assessment Entity (IAE) Request for Response at the Dignity Alliance…

Hi Everyone, At last week's meeting we heard about PA Prior Authorization and were cut short hearing about "referred eligibles." Attached & set out below is more information about both.   PCA Prior Authorization. Attached are a few of the charts we showed you at last week's…

The FY 2025 budget is now before the Senate. Debate will begin next week. Over 1100 amendments were submitted last week. This week many Senators will be deciding which amendments  to co-sponsor and/or speaking to Senate leadership about amendments they support. This makes it…

1. FY 2025 Budget On May 7, the Senate Ways & Means Committee released its budget bill. MLRI's preliminary summary of the budget is posted here. We're happy to report that SWM, like the House, rejects the Governor's proposal to cut the PCA program.    Amendments are due…