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Background Starting November 1, people who are in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program became eligible for Affordable Care Act coverage through the Health Connector. These individuals are… Continue Reading Health Connector Coverage for DACA Recipients Update
The Health Connector has newly updated promotional materials, online shopping tools and downloadable member resources – in more languages – to help people make decisions about their health insurance coverage… Continue Reading Open Enrollment Promotion, Health Connector Shopping Tools and Member Resources
Overview As of November 1, 2024, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients are considered lawfully present for Health Connector purposes. This allows DACA recipients to access subsidies (if they… Continue Reading New Health Connector Eligibility for DACA Recipients
Health Connector Open Enrollment began on Friday, November 1st. Updates were made to the system to accommodate shopping for Health Connector coverage that starts in 2025. It is recommended that following any… Continue Reading Reminders regarding system updates for the online application at MAhealthconnector.org
Tufts Health Direct has made two changes to its provider network for plans available through MAhealthconnector.org. Starting on January 1, 2025, hospitals and providers in the UMass Medical Center network and… Continue Reading Tufts Health Direct Network Changes for Health Connector Members
MassHealth will migrate its Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) base application and Provider Online Service Center (POSC) to an Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center in early December. The migration… Continue Reading MassHealth MMIS POSC AWS Migration
This message serves as a reminder to providers about the standard RMRP process. In accordance with 130 CMR 450.316(A)(6) and 130 CMR 450.316(F), RMRP will recover MassHealth claim payments for… Continue Reading Retroactive Medicare Recovery Project (RMRP)
Effective October 10, 2024, MassHealth launched two new self-service tools for MassHealth providers: a Provider Enrollment Status tool & a Provider Application Status tool. These web-based tools will assist providers… Continue Reading Self-Service Tools for MassHealth Providers
Effective October 1, 2024, the MMIS and Virtual Gateway (VG) will begin deactivating accounts that have been inactive for more than 12 months. The initial deactivation event will affect accounts… Continue Reading Virtual Gateway Inactive Account Deactivation
Effective Sunday, October 20, 2024, the Virtual Gateway (VG) is implementing changes to ensure that the VG and the recently implemented Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) profile updates via Azure are synchronized.… Continue Reading Virtual Gateway Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Profile Updates & Transition
