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MassHealth Advocacy Alert   We need your help at an upcoming Jan 30, 2023 public hearing about MassHealth policies for collecting “overpayments” from MassHealth beneficiaries. Currently, MassHealth collects Premium Assistance overpayments from beneficiaries in a…

MassHealth Prepares for End of Continuous Coverage: Launches First Phase of Redetermination Campaign   MassHealth will be renewing coverage for all of its members starting on April 1 and continuing over the next 12 months. Decisions on ongoing eligibility will be made based on these…

1.      How the declaration of a continuing COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) does and doesn’t affect MassHealth On Jan. 11, 2023 the Secretary of HHS extended the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency by another 90 days until…

We're still sifting through all the changes on the horizon in 2023 but wanted to pass along this news:   MassHealth Continuous Coverage Unwinding Will Begin April 1, 2023 We knew the day was coming when the MassHealth continuous coverage protection would end and now we know when…

Hello all, and happy holidays!    A few MassHealth updates:   1. CommonHealth Changes- New Eligibility Operations Memo 2.  Three Month Retroactive Coverage- New Eligibility Operations Memo 3.  MassHealth MATCH Program- Housing Assistance 4. Amanda…

1.      MassHealth Listening Session on Dec 12 regarding approval of PCA hours Important Notices & News On Monday, December 12 at 10:00am, MassHealth will be hosting a Public Listening Session to ask for feedback about an upcoming change in the MassHealth…

We hope to see you at our Health Care Working Group meeting this Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 3pm!   Meeting Agenda:   1. Advocacy priorities for 2023:  The following groups plan to present their advocacy priorities: Language Access Coalition, 1199 SEIU, Health Care…

Hello all, I hope everybody had a restful long weekend!    Our next (and last of the year) Health Care Working Group meeting will be next Wednesday, December 7, 3-4:30pm.    We thought it would be helpful for everybody to hear about each other's…

The Massachusetts Law Reform Institute now has more resources available to devote to addressing health access issues for returning citizens and other criminal-justice involved individuals. We are hiring for someone to lead this project and hope you can help spread the word to your…

Federal officials promised the states at least 60 days advance notice of the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. There was no such notice that the most recent 90-day extension of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency  through Jan 11, 2023 will be the last.  During the…