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#MassHealth

"Fun" things I am learning about the #MassHealth Dental website (which doctors use to check patients' status and claims):

1/5 Things like reset password does not work unless you hit "OK" twice. It's quite consistently the second time

Planned Parenthood sues regime over funding cuts it says are blatantly unconstiutional and will lead to more STDs and unwanted pregnancies
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/planned-parenthood-sues-regime-over-funding-cuts-it-says-are-blatantly
#lawsuits #Medicaid #MassHealth

#HealthChoice in #Maryland #MD or #MassHealth in #Massachusetts #MA or #MIChoice in #Michigan #MI or #PMAP in #Minnesota #MN or #HealthBenefits in #Mississippi #MS or #MOHealthNet in #Missouri #MO or #HealthyMontana in #Montana #MT or #AccessNebraska in #Nebraska #NE or...

commonwealthbeacon.org/health-care/... #massachusetts #medicare #masshealth #publichealth

‘Pay now or pay greater later’...

Right now, proprietary software has ruined several dental practices in Massachusetts.

#opensource #dentistry #masshealth

Effective April 1st of this year, MassHealth dental switched from DentaQuest to Benecare for administration. Just to be clear: MassHealth is a government funded Medicaid program for Massachusetts residents.
Ever since the switch, doctors have not been paid for their work. Normally we get paid every week (or sometimes an every other week) but this time we have been doing our work for free since March 15th of this year. Some of us got a "cash advance", most of us didn't. And that "cash advance" was only for 2 weeks worth of treatment and is just an estimate.

Gotta love #MassHealth 's #javascript. They could do things like take out non-alphanumeric characters or add in leading zeros, but nah, lets put in a ton of code to give you an error!

$<!-- function validate1(form1) { if(form1.MAMedicaidID.value==""){ alert("Please enter the Member's 12-digit Member ID (Medicaid ID)."); form1.MAMedicaidID.focus(); return false; } if(form1.DOB_MM.value==""){ alert("Please enter the Member's Date of Birth."); form1.DOB_MM.focus(); return false; } if(form1.DOB_DD.value==""){ alert("Please enter the Member's Date of Birth."); form1.DOB_DD.focus(); return false; } if(form1.DOB_YYYY.value==""){ alert("Please enter the Member's Date of Birth."); form1.DOB_YYYY.focus(); return false; } if(form1.RenderingProviderNPI.selectedIndex==0){ alert("Please select the Rendering Provider's NPI."); form1.RenderingProviderNPI.focus(); return false; } if(form1.MAMedicaidID.value.length<12){ alert("Please enter a 12-digit Member ID."); form1.MAMedicaidID.focus(); return(false); } if(form1.DOB_MM.value.length<2){ alert("Please enter the number of the month in which the Member was born.\n\nExamples:\nFor January, enter 01\nFor October, enter 10"); form1.DOB_MM.focus(); return(false); } if(form1.DOB_DD.value.length<2){ alert("Please enter the number of the day that the Member was born.\n\nExamples:\nIf the Member was born on the 8th, enter 08\nIf the Member was born on the 16th, enter 16"); form1.DOB_DD.focus(); return(false); } if(form1.DOB_YYYY.value.length<4){ alert("Please enter the four-digit year that the Member was$

I ❤️ Massachusetts.

Governor Healey just made prenatal vitamins and OTC birth control part of mass health & some other medical mass insurance program.

I rejoice when I see something helping women who want to have children and who don’t want to have children. This is really wonderful, but I’m kind of surprised that someone on mass health who is pregnant would have had to pay for prenatals anyway.

#massachusetts #BirthControl #MassHealth #childfree

Seeking advice: Offline friend has been on MassHealth/Medicaid while unemployed and looking for work. Wondering if being on it builds up any kind of "accruing debt" that would need to be repaid at a later date? The application mentions possibly seizing assets or liens, with triggers at age 55 and 65 - looks scary.

Friend is hoping to be off it in a few months once they find work, and wants to avoid getting a surprise bill years later.

#MassHealth #Medicaid #Massachusetts #Insurance

Request for advice or pointers to expert agencies/nonprofits:
Can anyone recommend sources of information or legal aid relating to signing up for MassHealth / Medicaid?
A person with zero income but some assets needs to renew their enrollment in the least-damaging way. Looking for organizations that provide expert help, or similar sources of up-to-date, MA-specific info on the long-term implications of how you fill out the forms.

#MassHealth #Massachusetts #Medicaid #Legal

After talking with 2 different *great* customer service reps (who, alas, could not help me) and then listening to the same excruciating menu of irrelevant options on a loop for 43 minutes while "or remain[ing] on the line to speak with a representative," I have confirmed that it is impossible to cancel #MassHealth or #MassHealthConnector coverage without providing precise details on the private insurance that's replacing it. WHY???

Got an insurance card and welcome letter yesterday from a new insurer for a new plan I did not choose. Called the state this AM & learned that the "new" plan I enrolled in (checks watch) 3 weeks ago is being replaced by this one. Nobody told me. I'm now on my 3rd plan with a 3rd insurer since January 1, and I'm so relieved to be going back on employer-subsidized insurance in a week. #maHealthConnector is great but #MassHealth is a complete #CX mess. (Why are they even separate?)

There is a new circle of Hell and it's reserved for innocent people whose income fluctuates around the threshold between eligibility for ConnectorCare plans and MassHealth plans. Why can't the state better integrate the plans (or at least streamline subscriber communication) offered between these two programs? It's so disruptive & stressful to have to change plans, insurers, doctors, etc due to tiny changes to income. #MassHealth #HealthConnector #ACA #Obamacare #Medicaid #HealthInsurance

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