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2005 Newsletters
December 2005
- MassHealth Dental for Pregnant Women and Mothers with Young Children
- RAFT Updates
- MassHealth Brochure for Non-Citizens
- Redesigned MassHealth Cards
- Affordable CMSP Premiums Implemented
- Advocacy Alert: Confusing Free Care Eligibility Letters
- CMS Releases 2006 Spousal Impoverishment Figures
- Program Highlight: Embassy House
- Program Highlight: Women's Health Network Offers Free Screenings
- Martin Luther King Day Program - January 13, 2006
November 2005
- Clinical Collaboration with DMR
- Medicare D Updates
- Boston R.A.F.T. Applicants Face New Rules
- SPECIAL SECTION: ENERGY ASSISTANCE
October 2005
- Legal Services Agencies Explain Priorities
- Automatic Food Stamps - Phase Two
- Homelessness Prevention Funds Available
- Network Health Offers Medicaid Dental
- Program Highlight: Bright Days Recreational Services
September 2005
- Medicare D: Decision-Time Draws Near
- DTA Clarifies Rights of Limited English Speakers
- Free Care Updates
- Children Facing CMSP Cuts
July 2005
- Medicare Part D: What your patients need to know now
- Massachusetts FY '06 Budget - How important programs and populations fared
- MassHealth Kid's Dental Violates Law
- MassHealth Updates
- New MassHealth Enrollment Center city assignments
- MassHealth Insurance Access Flow Charts
- Caring Homes: State Pays Families to House and Care for Seniors
- Upcoming: Medicare to pilot coverage of Adult Day Health under home-care benefit
- Housing Updates:
- New website educates public about all applicable prescription-drug assistance
June 2005
- Department of Mental Health- Information session summary
- Department of Mental Health - eligibility criteria and application process.
- MassHealth Essential cap reached
- MassHealth Premium Waiver Update
- Immigrant access to Free Care & State Reporting to Homeland Security
- Bay State CAP- automatic access to, and possible increase in benefits, for SSI recipients
- Battered Immigrant Eligibility for Food Stamps and TAFDC
- Partners Offers Discounts to Uninsured
- Program Highlight: Aftermath Cleaning Company
- Program Highlight: PrimeCare - MGH Elder Case Management
- Program Highlight: Making the Link - Educating Physicians about Caregiver Resources
May 2005
- Mass Division of Career Services and Unemployment Assistance
- Medicare Drug Benefit (Part D) Update
- MA SSI Recipients Get Automatic Food Stamps This Summer
- MassHealth Cost-of-living Adjustments
- MassHealth Updates
- Congress Votes to Cut Medicaid
- State Senate Releases Budget
- The Real ID Act
- Program Highlight: Smart Neighbor Website
April 2005
- Mass. Rehabilitation Commission
- Medicare Coverage for Some Self-Injected Drugs
- Romney's Supplemental Budget Cuts for Homeless and At Risk Families
- House Ways and Means FY '06 Budget
- Advocacy Group May Sue State on Affordable Housing Restrictions
- Program Highlight: Senior Women at Need - Swan Society
- Beware Mailing from American Senior Alliance
- Pastoral Education Opportunities
March 2005
- What does FDA Approval Really Mean?
- Married Gay Couples Face Tax Tangles
- New Analysis of Medicare Part D Regulations Online
- Medicare Now Covers Some Smoking Cessation Counseling
- MassHealth HIV Re-expands to 200% FPL
- MassHealth Immigrant Coverage
- Update: Immigrant Match With Homeland Security Databases
- Community Servings Expands Population
- Website Helps Schedule Volunteers and Tasks
- The Ellie Fund: Helping Local Breast Cancer Patients
- Agency Offers Counseling at Home
February 2005
- The RIDE Loses Coupons
- SSI Income and Asset Restrictions Loosen
- MassHealth Updates
- State Budget Spotlight: Romney Proposes Housing Time-Limit
- Bush Proposed Budget Cuts
- Bush Budget Raises Health Prices for Many Veterans
- Bankruptcy Often Related to Medical Bills
- Air Ambulance Safety Concerns
- GBIO Nursing Home Bill of Rights
January 2005
- Romney's Proposed Budget
- MassHealth Transportation Changes
- Housing Tips
- New Preventive Medicare Benefits Begin
- Release of Fuel Assistance Funds