MLRI: Immigrants & Public BenefitsBasic Public Benefits Advocacy TrainingsLive Webcast April 7 2022, 9:30 am-3 pm This is the link with program description, agenda, faculty & registration information: https://www.mcle.org/product/catalog/nas/content/live/massloop/2220093P01 Here is a flyer: https://www.massloop.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MLRI-Advocacy-Training-April-7-2022-Announcement.pdf.
MLRI released their 2022 FPL guidelines. This can be found on the ‘Issue Specific Resources‘ page under ‘Federal Poverty Level (FPL) Guidelines.’ MassHealth updates its income standards with the current year’s poverty level on March 1. The MassHealth 2022 Desk Guide which shows the upper income levels for MassHealth and Medicare Savings Programs as monthly […]
New federal law went into effect on January 1st to require notifcation to patients when they could be resposible for out-of-pocket costs. This law bans certain balance billing and requires notice and consent for out-of-network care. Here is the notice from DPH to patients. There were already Massachusetts state notice provisions in effect and it […]
MassHealth Third Party Liability and Premium Assistance Contact Center Service Alert 12/ 7– MassHealth’s Third Party Liability (TPL) and Premium Assistance (PA) call centers are experiencing technical issues impacting agents’ ability to answer calls at this time. The call center lines that are impacted include TPL (888-628-7526) and PA (800-862-4840). Our team is working urgently […]
As of 11/1 MassHealth will be providing additional benefits to immigrants with medical need. To ensure continued equitable access to health coverage regardless of a members’ immigration status, effective November 1, 2021, MassHealth will expand coverage of skilled nursing facility stays and community-based services for individuals on Family Assistance when the member meets a Nursing […]
Newly arriving Afghan immigrants are likely to have different statuses and documents than assisters are used to. The Afghan parole is a new kind of benefit eligibility category that was just created 9/30/2021, existing paper MassHealth/Health Connector application forms and the online application menus do not yet show Afghan parole. We are waiting for guidance […]
MassHealth Estate Recovery On July 22nd MLRI, Margolis & Bloom and HCFA held a webinar on MassHealth Estate Recovery. You can watch the recording here or see the slide deck here. In May 2021, MassHealth amended its Medicaid estate recovery regulations to create additional grounds for waiving estate recovery on the basis of undue hardship […]
Hi Loopers, Families USA has created a fact sheet that explains the subsidies for COBRA through the American Rescue Plan. As a reminder, these subsidies go through the end of September. Families USA COBRA Subsidies Fact Sheet -Hannah
4/9/21 — The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 suspends the requirement that taxpayers increase their tax liability by all or a portion of their excess advance payments of the Premium Tax Credit (excess APTC) for tax year 2020. A taxpayer’s excess APTC is the amount by which the taxpayer’s advance payments of the Premium Tax Credit […]
Hi Loopers, Today MassHealth sent an update about vaccine distribution including requesting that assisters help clients with setting up vaccines appointments. We want to hear from you about if this is something your site will be doing and how that works with your workflow. Share any feedback or thoughts to this thread. Thanks, Hannah