The Massachusetts Health Care Training Forum (MTF) sends out regular email updates on current program and policy information, meeting notices, learning opportunities and other relevant information and resources.
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The document titled “Hospice Billing Tips for Room and Board Charges When a Member is in a Long-Term Care Facility” has been updated. See the updated document at https://tinyurl.com/52kcthut for… Continue Reading Updated Hospice Billing Tips for Room and Board Charges When a Member is in a Long-Term Care Facility
The home health agency Member Connection Form has been updated and is available at https://tinyurl.com/mphxpk87. Please view the form for guidance, including instructions for home health providers. If you have… Continue Reading Updated Home Health Agency Member Connection Form
A system update was made overnight to the online application at MAhealthconnector.org (also known as the HIX system). It is recommended that following any systems release or update, Assisters or… Continue Reading System Updates for the Online Application at MAhealthconnector.org
To allow for system maintenance, the MMIS POSC, Provider Portal, HTS transactions, internal MMIS application, EVS and all eligibility services will be unavailable on Sunday, February 2, 2025, from 4:00PM to… Continue Reading MMIS System Outage Notice – Sunday, February 2
MassHealth has completed the rate updates for the January 1, 2025, quarterly drug codes. The impacted claims will be reprocessed and/or adjusted and will appear on a future remittance advice.… Continue Reading Update for Quarterly Drug Code Rates Effective January 1, 2025
Medicare recently notified MassHealth that it will be adjusting certain End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) claims for members in Medicare’s ESRD Treatment Choice Model. The adjustments start on January 20,… Continue Reading End Stage Renal Disease and Medicare Claim Adjustments
The Health Connector’s Open Enrollment period is ended Thursday, January 23, 2025. Special Enrollment Period (SEP) rules are now in effect for Health Connector plans. When Special Enrollment Period rules are… Continue Reading Health Connector Special Enrollment Period rules are now in effect
The Health Connector’s Open Enrollment period is ending soon. Next Thursday, January 23rd is the deadline for individuals and families to apply, shop and enroll into a plan that starts… Continue Reading Health Connector Enrollment Open Enrollment Ending Soon
The Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) Virtual Gateway (VG) is removing the Legacy Login option to access MassHealth systems on February 23, 2025. MassHealth is requiring all… Continue Reading Updated: Virtual Gateway Multi-Factor (VG) Authentication (MFA) Legacy Login Will Be Removed February 23, 2025
In 2023, MassHealth issued Home Health Agency Bulletin 87, which provides guidance for providing home health services via telehealth. Bulletin 87 also recognized telehealth face-to-face encounters as conforming face-to-face encounters… Continue Reading Continuation of Telehealth for Face-to-Face Visits and Certain Home Health Services After December 31, 2024
