Health

The Division of Insurance ("Division") issues this Bulletin to provide information to Commercial Health Insurers, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc., and Health Maintenance Organizations ("Carriers") about the Division's expectations regarding Carriers' appropriate coverage…

From an email sent out by the Office of Medicaid/ EOHHS: In coordination with agencies across the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, MassHealth/ EOHHS have released provider bulletins and additional guidance in response to 2019 novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). These policies…

The Board held that a claimant’s leaving was involuntary where the claimant was experiencing respiratory issues while at work. Her belief that the presence of mold in the workplace was causing these issues was reasonable because the employer’s attempts to repair the leaking roof only…

Overview In 2000, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (“CLAS”) Standards. These standards sought to provide guidance for the provision of high-quality health care services that meet the needs…

Data entry clerk relocated out of state hoping to find more successful medical treatment for her adolescent son, who had autism and whose behaviour was no longer controlled by medication. Even though no Massachsuetts doctor recommended that claimant move to Georgia, she believed that a doctor there…

Where legal secretary to a sole practitioner quit because of what she perceived to be hostile and unreasonable criticism, evidence that she broke out in a rash was sufficient to establish that she quit for good personal cause. "Leaving because the workplace is making you ill constitutes such an…

Part-time cashier took medical leave because she could not stay on her feet during pregnancy. She looked for other work through a temp agency but found nothing suitable, and ceased looking for work shortly before the birth of her child. R/E disqualified her for the period she was looking for…

Security guard was required to park in lot some distance from work and to take a shuttle bus, which was often late. Because of her medical condition, she could not walk from the parking lot when the bus was late. She requested alternate accommodations, which were denied, was warned repeatedly for…