Commonwealth Care, Health Safety Net

Help with figuring out benefit eligibility for immigrants

News - Submitted by Laura at CP on August 21, 2008 - 2:30pm.

Tools from MLRI can help translate some knowledge of a person’s immigration status into eligibility.

July 18 and 24 HAN meetings: Sometimes they just keep coming

Blog - August 14, 2008 - 11:46am - Community Partners - Amherst

Enrollments usually slow down during the summertime, but this year, outreach workers are seeing increasing numbers of people needing help. At our July HAN meetings, we also had the opportunity to have some dialogue with Rebecca Balder and Carolyn Minkin of the Health Safety Net about upcoming changes.

Chart summarizes Health Safety Net Retro and Secondary coverages

News - Submitted by Laura at CP on July 23, 2008 - 9:33am.

A one-page chart clearly outlines who can receive which benefits and under what circumstances.

MassMedline still provides free prescription assistance

News - Submitted by Laura at CP on July 9, 2008 - 5:11pm.

Massachusetts residents with questions about medications or difficulty paying for them can get help.

What "outreach & enrollment" actually looks like...

Blog - July 7, 2008 - 12:48pm - Brian Eno - Healthy Connections - Orange

"Outreach & enrollment" means much more than putting up posters and helping people fill out MassHealth applications. Recently, over the course of a two hour appointment, my supervisor and I counseled one household on eleven different public health insurance, subsidy and care programs. We helped them file four separate applications to five different insurance programs, putting together a patchwork of care options to cover the hole left by the loss of employer-sponsored insurance.

Legislature's FY09 budget supports outreach and enrollment

News - Submitted by ADMIN Meg on July 3, 2008 - 1:15pm.

The Massachusetts Legislature continues Outreach and enrollment "mini-grants" and supports vital health access activities.

MassHealth clarifies immigrant eligibility rules

News - Submitted by Anne on May 28, 2008 - 11:45am.

New guidance helps identify immigrants eligible for benefits.

Redetermining the Safety Net and other changes...

Blog - May 19, 2008 - 3:32pm - Meg Kroeplin - Community Partners - Amherst

Starting this week, your clients who use the Health Safety Net should look for redetermination letters. Also, verification requests (VC-1s) for people you NEWLY enroll in MassHealth now go to the Central Processing Unit. ...I'm interested to hear how the redeterminations go for people who use the Health Safety Net.

2008 Affordability Schedule approved

News - Submitted by Laura at CP on April 22, 2008 - 5:28pm.

The Connector Board has issued new guidelines for determining who can afford to buy health insurance.

New Federal Poverty Level guidelines are out

News - Submitted by Laura at CP on February 28, 2008 - 9:00am.

Charts describe new guidelines for MassHealth, Commonwealth Care, HSN, and other programs.