What's new at MLS

Yesterday afternoon, Governor Maura Healey released a FY23 “Supplemental Budget” to address a number of fiscal crises in the Commonwealth including the growing need for emergency shelter for new arrivals and funding to continue universal school meals for the rest of the 22/23 school…

Greetings SNAP Coalition members and thanks to the 140+ folks who attended Tuesday’s meeting.  We have a LOT going on the next few weeks! And if you are in Boston today, the Feed Kids Campaign has State House event at 11 AM and the Lift Our Kids Campaign has a State House event at 2 PM!…

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…

Looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow for our regular 4th Tuesday SNAP Coalition meeting!  Below is the Zoom link.   SNAP Coalition AGENDA: Federal SNAP updates - status of newly filed SNAP legislation and other updates from our colleagues at FRAC  2023…

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…

Our next SNAP Coalition meeting will be next Tuesday, 1/24, from 10-11:30. Agenda to come. Zoom link is here. 3/2 end to extra COVID SNAP (Emergency Allotments): Materials, harm estimates, tracking the impact Thanks to all who attended the January 10th Coalition meeting on the sunsetting of…

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…

Happy 2023. We have a set of important updates for you all, with more to come in the weeks ahead. And ICYMI, the Boston Globe published a fantastic 12/31 article about our MA delegation anti-hunger champ Representative Jim McGovern, and his continued advocacy to end hunger for low-income families.…

1. New Home Health Agency Prior Authorization requirements. MassHealth has issued a transmittal letter & a provider bulletin with the following changes taking effect March 1: PA is now required for home nursing for more than 30 visits in 90 day period, & more than 240 units of…