APTC/Open Enrollment
If individuals who did not reconcile their advanced premium tax credits in 2016 do so in 2017, will they be eligible for subsidies through the health connector during open enrollment in 2017?
CANCELING A CONNECTOR PLAN
Hello, I have a member who applied in early August, and was approved for a Connector Care Plan. She enrolled and paid her first month’s premium Aug. 8th. Last week she called me to say that her employer informed her she now has enough hours to enroll in their insurance plan. They enrolled her retroactive […]
IRS Notices
The IRS is sending out notices to people who got an advance premium tax credit in 2015 but have not yet filed 2015 taxes. The letter warns them that they won’t be eligible for tax credits in 2017 unless they file they 2015 return soon. The Connector will be doing a data match with the […]
New Release 9.0
Since the new release, 9.0 went into affect last weekend, I did an application on Monday, 8/22, and tried using the “Find a Provider” tool, but it kept bringing me to a page entitled “Get Help with Choosing a Plan”. The links on that page did not connect me to “Find a Provider” at all. […]
MH ending/gap be4 CC starts?
My client had a baby in March. Her MH is ending 8/31 and HC Assister just told me she cannot enroll in HC plan although she’s gotten multiple letters telling her she needs to enroll in one, because she already has insurance. HC advice was to cancel her MH now so she can enroll for September 1. This […]
CONNECTORCARE BENEFITS
A client of mine is trying to decide on what plan to choose. She has numerous medical issues and has two specific criteria: She wants to keep the PCP she has AND she has specialty drugs that she needs covered. The PCP part is no problem. However, she states that when she contacts the plans […]
2014 MassHealth Standard Determination Hanging Around
Hi, Not sure what to do about this, I have a consumer with a MassHealth determination from 2014, but was on ConnectorCare since Jan. 1, 2016. MA-21 has random determinations marked as protected and it appears to be one of those determinations. I have seen a few of these as MA-21 isn’t talking with HIX […]
Tax Impact on Dually Eligible – ConnectorCare and MassHealth Common Health
Hi, I have a consumer that transitioned from Connector Care to CommonHealth due to a disability. It all went well, but now he is doubly covered by MassHealth CommonHealth and Connector Care for the complete month of August. Is there a tax implication to that? Will an individual have to pay back tax credits received […]
Sources of free tax help for late 2015 returns?
Hi All, This year people who got ConnectorCare in 2015 & did not file a 2015 federal tax return & tax credit reconciliation form will not be able to renew into ConnectorCare in 2017 until their 2015 tax return & form are filed. (We didn’t really have to deal with this last year because so […]
ConnectorCare + HSN
My team is beginning to encounter issues with a number of cases that have had the “ConnectorCare + HSN” eligibility code applied in MMIS (we’ll presume it was properly applied). The problem occurs when the individual is no longer eligible for ConnectorCare (i.e. becomes “Health Connector” eligible w/o premium tax credits) because the “ConnectorCare + HSN” […]