Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Division of Medical Assistance
600 Washington Street Boston, MA 02111 www.state.ma.us/dma
MassHealth
Acute Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 119
June 2001
TO:       Acute Inpatient Hospitals Participating in MassHealth FROM:       Wendy E. Warring, Commissioner
RE:       Babies Born to Women on MassHealth Limited

Background

Effective June 8, 2001, the Division has revised its regulations to provide automatic eligibility for MassHealth Standard to babies born to women receiving MassHealth Limited on the date of the child’s birth. The child is automatically eligible for MassHealth Standard for one year from the date of birth provided the child continues to live with the mother.

How to Process

The process by which babies born to MassHealth-eligible mothers are covered by MassHealth remains the same, and is accomplished in one of the two following ways.
 •	The hospital or managed care organization (MCO) must submit a Notification of Birth (NOB) form (NOB-1) for the newborn to the NOB Unit in the Springfield MassHealth Enrollment Center (MEC). The NOB Unit enters the baby on the Division’s computer system according to the information provided by the hospital or MCO on the NOB-1 form.
 •	A MassHealth member may request MassHealth coverage for a newborn baby by notifying his or her MEC. The MEC follows the procedures that are currently in place.

Questions	If you have any questions about this bulletin, please contact the
MassHealth Provider Services Department at (617) 628-4141 or 1-800-325-5231.