Medicaid / MassHealth - Enrollment

07.02.2018  | CMS Responds to Massachusetts Medicaid Waiver Requests
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services responded to the state’s 1115 Medicaid Waiver request that had been filed last September.
04.16.2018  | MassHealth ACO Program Continues to Evolve
MassHealth continues to tweak its sweeping Accountable Care Organization (ACO) program that went live in March.
02.26.2018  | New MassHealth ACO Program: Working to Ensure Continuity of Care
As of March 1, 2018, approximately 1.2 million MassHealth managed-care members will have a new set of plan options in which to enroll.
02.19.2018  | MassHealth ACO Program Begins March 1
The MassHealth Accountable Care Organization (ACO) program begins on Thursday, March 1.
01.29.2018  | MassHealth Reform Revisited in Governor’s State Budget Proposal
Last Wednesday, Governor Charlie Baker released a $40.9 billion FY19 state budget proposal.
12.04.2017  | Outreach Begins for New MassHealth ACO Program
The MassHealth Accountable Care Organization (ACO) program is set to go live March 1, 2018.
08.07.2017  | MassHealth-to-Commercial Shift on Hold – for Now
Governor Charlie Baker on Wednesday signed off on half of his plan to address growing costs in the state’s healthcare system.
07.31.2017  | Senate’s ACA Repeal Effort Begins, Stalls, Eventually Fails
Early on Friday morning the U.S. Senate voted down the latest effort – termed “skinny repeal” – to dramatically alter the Affordable Care Act.
07.31.2017  | MHA Urges Collective Effort on MassHealth
Governor Baker’s MassHealth reform package, which he coupled with an increase in the per-worker assessment employers pay, suffered a setback last week.
07.24.2017  | CBO Updates Reform Score: 32 Million Lose Coverage
The Congressional Budget Office and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation on Wednesday released their latest estimate of what would result from an ACA repeal.

Resources

Click on the links below for easy access to important information related to state healthcare issues and advocacy.
Visit the Commonwealth of Massachusetts websites below to find information on legislative hearings and other meetings of interest to the healthcare community.
To guide your navigation of the legislative process and assist your advocacy efforts, please visit the following state websites:
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