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The MassHealth program provides comprehensive health insurance — or help in paying for private health insurance — to more than one million Massachusetts children, families, seniors, and people with disabilities.
Mission Statement
To help the financially needy obtain high-quality health care that is affordable, promotes independence, and provides customer satisfaction.
Request for Public Comment: Commonwealth’s Draft Plan for Health Information Technology
In 2006, Massachusetts began efforts to achieve universal health insurance coverage. Along this path to health care reform, the Commonwealth recognized the critical role Health Information Technology (HIT) plays in supporting this reform. To help advance HIT in Massachusetts, the state legislature passed Chapter 305 in 2008. Chapter 305 created the Massachusetts eHealth Institute (Institute), a division of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, which is overseen by the Health Information Technology Council. The Institute is charged with coordinating the Electronic Health Records initiative and Health Information Exchange technologies in the Commonwealth.
To further these and other Massachusetts HIT initiatives, the eHealth Institute has prepared the Commonwealth's Draft Plan for Health Information Technology, which outlines a vision for development and implementation of HIT programs. This vision is encompassed in four overarching goals, to be met through implementation of a set of strategies outlined in the Institute's plan.
The eHealth Institute is seeking public comment on this draft plan by February 16, 2010. Please access the plan by clicking over to www.maehi.org/HIT/plan.html.
The Massachusetts eHealth Institute very much appreciates and values your input. Thank you in advance for your assistance!
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The POSC opened on May 26, 2009. It offers a Web-based environment that automates functions such as member eligibility verification, claim submission and status, claims processing, prior authorization, referrals, preadmission screening, online remittance advices, and reports.
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MassHealth, Commonwealth Care and Health Safety Net applicants and members can now hear details about their application or case over the phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They can use this new feature to find information such as case status (approved, closed, etc.), key eligibility dates (i.e., next review date) and items still needed by MassHealth to process their case.
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Information on how the Health Care Reform legislation/1115 Demonstration Waiver Amendment will affect MassHealth members and providers
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The MassHealth Drug List is an alphabetical list of commonly prescribed drugs and therapeutic class tables. The List specifies which drugs need prior authorization (PA) when prescribed for MassHealth members and also specifies the generic over-the-counter drugs that are payable under MassHealth.
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Information on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, and how it will affect MassHealth.
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