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2008 Newsletters
December 2008
- Antidepressants May Damage More Sex Lives Than Thought
- Health Coverage Self-Service Hotline (MA)
- Program Highlight: HealthWorks at Codman Now Open!
- Beating Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Case Flash: Continuing Extra Help Eligibility From One Year to the Next
- Medicare Improvements Act
- Program Highlight: Massachusetts Office On Disability Client Assistance Program
- Prepaid Cellphones Offer Inexpensive Alternative to Contracts
- Revoking A Powet of Attorney
- Senior Move Managers Help Make Moving Easier
- Replacement Food Stamps (SNAP) for Ice Storm Victims
- State To Review Limited Coverage, Caps in Student Health Plans
- Unemployment for Out-Of-State Jobless to End
- Utility Assistance Programs
November 2008
- MGH Patient Financial Services
- Globe Santa “Last Call”
- Did You Know That There are Inpatient Hospice Facilities?
- Medicare D Open Enrollment & Plan Finder Tip Sheet
- Medicare D Cost-Sharing Changes
- Prescription Advantage Changes
- Drug Companies Turn To “Smart Cards”
- GlowCap Medication Reminder
- Serving Health Safety Net Patients: Reminders
- The Individual Mandate And Minimum Creditable Coverage
- CMS Releases 2009 MassHealth Spousal Impoverishment Amounts
- Coalition Urges Elimination of Medicare Two-Year Waiting Period
- MA DPH Clearing House- Health & Prevention Materials Online
- Renters Bear Foreclosure Crunch’s Brunt
- Offering Evidence-Based Clinical Advice – How to Keep Up?
- Study Finds Social Work Intervention Improved Function for Older Adults in Primary Care
- ADHD Takes a Heavy Toll on Family Relationships
- Racial Disparities in Depression Treatment
- Lack of Exercise Partially Explains the Link Between Depression and CVD
- Long-Term Psychological Support Required After Traumatic Brain Injury
- Sense of Purpose Predicts Mental Health Outcomes Following Severe Trauma
October 2008
- Domestic Violence & Welfare
- The Governor's Plan to Close the Budget Gap
- New Mental Health Parity Law
- DHS to Use Social Security to Put Workers at Risk
- New MA Health Care Cost & Quality Law Includes Limits on Drug Company Gifts to MDs
- Social Security Examines Massive, Years-Old Backlog
- Health Safety Net (HSN) Factsheet
- Commonwealth Care New Billing Cycle
- TAFDC Now Counts 4 Year College Courses Towards Work Requirement
- Special Section: Program Highlights
- Program Highlights:
- Special Section: Medicaid (MassHealth) & Medicare:
- MassHealth Citizenship and Identity Requirements Update
- MassHealth New Member ID Card Return Will NOT End Benefit
- Medicare Stops Paying Hospitals For Medical Errors
- Case Flash: Tiering Exceptions in a Part D Plan
- Case Flash: Switching Prescription Coverage for a Medigap Plan to Part D
- CMS Advice Favors Private Medicare Plans
- Editorial: Medicare D Dual-Eligibles Need To Switch - Again
- Editorial: Medicare Advantage Insurance Agent Commissions Too High
- Clinical Highlight:
- Policy & Editorial:
September 2008
- Subsidized Housing 101
- How to Apply for An Absentee Ballot
- New Children's Mental Health Law
- New Law Makes Changes To Reverse Mortgages
- Castle Program: Serving Teens with Dual-Diagnosis
- For Immigrants Interested In Becoming Professional Social Workers
- Immigrant Detention Legislation
- Brain Injured To Return To Community
- Taxanes May Increase For Significant Psychological Symptoms
- Should Legal Representation For Fundamental Human Needs Cases Be A Right?
- Special Section: Planning and Prevention
- Special Section: Medicare
- Medicare Reaches Out To Caregivers
- CMS Mailings Guide
- Case Flash: Right to Purchase A Medigap When Retiree Coverage Ends
- Case Flash: Medicare Coverage Of Therapeutic Shoes For Diabetes
- Medicaid Cheaper Than Medicare D
- Barriers To Care In The Part D Appeals Process
- Editorial: Medicare Advantage Plans Gouging Cancer Patients
- 800-Medicare: Waiting For The Wrong Answer
- Special Section: MassHealth
July 2008
- The Home Modification Loan Program & the Assistive Technology Loan Program
- Health Reform Highlights Fact-Sheet for staff (Free Care - Health Safety Net)
- Activists Fight Eviction
- License Renewal Time: NASW CEUS
- Franciscan Children’s Hospital Tour
- Child Welfare Law Establishes Office of the Child Advocate, Stiffens Penalties
- Mass. Booster Seat Bill Takes Effect
- Settlement to Speed Part D Extra Help
- New Medicare Law Blocks Physician Pay Cuts
- Medicare Competitive Bidding Pilot Begins In Ten Areas
- Editorial: Pharmacy Benefit Managers Gouging Medicare & Consumers
- Editorial: How Much for the Middleman?
- MassHealth Equality Bill Will Become Law
- MassHealth Increases the Community Spouse MMMNA
- New Short Food Stamp Application for Elders
- Social Security Debuts Debit Cards- for those without bank accounts
- Nursing Home Discharge Rights
- Elder Financial Abuse Detection Program
- Aging Groups Respond to IOM Report
- Can Groups Who Work In Long-Term Care Unite?
- Book Review: Mom Minus Dad
- Alzheimer's Patients Wait for a Bus to Nowhere
June 2008
- Disability Determinations in TAFDC AND EAEDC
- Child Care Services Available to TAFDC Recipients and Former Recipients
- Social Security Announces Major Improvements to the Ticket to Work Program
- FTC Report: Drug Companies Pay to Delay Generics
- Wii Finds Home in Retirement Communities, Medical Centers
- Call Girls Are Among the Amenities at Danish Nursing Homes
- Medicare Rule Formalizes Hospice Patients’ Rights
- Case Flash: Medicare Lifetime Limit on Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital Days
- Case Flash: Medicare Health Plan Accommodations for Religious Needs
- Special Section: Food Stamps:
- Special Section: MassHealth & Commonwealth Care:
- Program Highlights:
May 2008
- All About Rest Homes
- Catastrophic Illness In Children Relief Fund
- Staff Tour Hyperbaric Medicine Center
- 2008 Health Insurance "Affordability" Rates
- Health Safety Net Annual Redeterminations
- HSN As Secondary Coverage- New Chart
- State Suspends HSN Hospital Visit Co-Pays
- Commonwealth Care Updates- "Exceptions" Process & Hospital Network For Commonwealth Care Members
- Case Flash: Medicare Enrollment Timelines
- Part D Helps, But Sickest Still Skip Doses
- Disabled Veterans & Amputees Exempt From Motor Vehicle Sales Tax
- Women Addicts Sent For Care Must Wait At Prison
- Editorial: Now Is The Time For Mental Health Parity
- Program Highlights:
April 2008
- Foreclosure Prevention & Intervention
- Massachusetts Welfare Disability Determination Process
- LGBT Elder Resources
- 2008 Tax Rebates & MassHealth
- MassHealth Online Service Center
- DTA New Staff Guidance On Rights Of Low English Proficient Clients
- Commonwealth Care: Open Enrollment, Premium & Co-Pay Increases, Elimination Of “Plan Type IV”
- Health Reform “Annual Report” & New Affordability Standards
- Medicare For Caregivers Teaching Tool
- Regulation Makes Technical Corrections To Medicare D
- Case Flash: Medicare Part D vs. Part B Coverage (Injectables)
- CMS Outlines Medicare Private Plan Sales-Agent Training Guidelines
- New Adult Guardianship Medical Certificate
- FMLA Updated For Military Families
- Use of Restraints in Nursing Homes Has Declined
- The Sting of Poverty
- Editorials:
- Program Highlight: Types of Subsidized Housing and How to Locate Them Using Housingworks.net
March 2008
- SEALS Program Update
- State Health Plan Underfunded - Finance Secretary Seeks Proposals On Closing Gap
- COBRA and Medicare B
- Federal List of Deficient Nursing Homes Released
- Power of Attorney- Do I Need a Lawyer?
- Do You Need Insurance for Long-Term Care?
- Ban on Drug Company Gifts to Doctors Sought
- States Initiate Prescription Drug "Unsales" (Anti-Detailing) Campaigns
- Book Review: Coping with Your Difficult Older Parent
- Editorial: Medicare Private Plans Limitations & Deceptive Marketing
- Program Highlight: Bowdoin Manor- Beacon Hill SRO Offers Path to Mobile Certificate
- Welcome Stephanie Sawicki- New Oncology Resource Specialist
February 2008
- Utility Shut-Off Protection
- New FPLs for 2008 (Effective March 1 this year)
- Health Safety Net (HSN) Co-Pays Begin
- MassHealth Increases Look-Back for Transfers into/from Trusts
- File Tax Return to Receive Rebate Check
- Medicare Policy Notes from The Medicare Rights Center
- Disaster Planning for the Disabled
- Editorial: "When the Wolf Is At The Door" (Eviction and tenant's rights)
January 2008
- Food Stamps Advocacy
- SEALS Program Update And TAFDC Advocacy Tips
- Prescription Advantage: Ongoing Open Enrollment
- Medicare Rates Increase In 2008
- Financial Resources Reminders From MassResources.Org
- The Individual Mandate: 2007 Tax Forms And The 2008 Penalty
- Food Stamps And Cash Assistance For Iraqi And Afgan Military Interpreters
- Institute Of Medicine Report: Cancer Care For The Whole Patient
- Dudley Neighbors, Inc Helps Roxbury Residents Keep Their Homes
- Retirement Planning tip: Why Do Men Shortchange Their Wives' Social Security Benefits?
- MassHealth Children's Behavioral Health Initiative
- Globe Editorial: Warding Off The Cold
- Converter Box Coupons For Upcoming Digital Tv Switch
- No Immediate MassHealth Cuts
- No Surprise- Lack Of Insurance Impacts Health
- Case Corner: Air Travel for Person's with Disabilities-Know Your Rights