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SUMMARY:Member Briefing: MassHealth Proposed Rate and Agency Regulation Changes
DESCRIPTION:On Friday March 13th\, MassHealth issued notices for changes to home health agency regulations (101 CMR 403) and rates for home health services (101 CMR 350). In its proposed changes\, MassHealth is proposing to keep reimbursement rates for home health services unchanged. In addition\, the department is proposing several regulation changes which will have implications to operations. Join this member briefing to hear from Jake Krilovich\, Colleen Pierro and Kim Portello about these changes and the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts' strategy in the coming weeks as we prepare for an April 3rd public hearing.Agenda:Overview and IntroductionRate Regulation ChangesAgency Regulation ChangesValue Based Purchasing (VBP) ProposalMember Feedback/DiscussionNext Steps & Advocacy\nAdd to calendar:  Outlook / Apple (.ics)  |  Google Calendar The Outlook/Apple option downloads a calendar file\; Google opens directly in your browser.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title></head><body aria-disabled="false"><p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/micronetonline/image/upload/q_auto\,f_auto\,c_crop\,w_1000\,h_251\,y_-1/v1773923239/tenants/b59316e4-bbea-4d44-adca-6e920b9661c0/e1308b903bda42279e606a16f2e38033/Member-briefing.png" width="792" height="198" fr-original-style="" fr-original-class="fr-draggable" style="position: relative\; max-width: 100%\; cursor: pointer\; padding: 0px 1px\;"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in\;line-height:normal\;background:white\;  vertical-align:baseline\;">On Friday March 13th\, MassHealth issued notices for changes to home health agency regulations (<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.mass.gov/info-details/masshealth-public-hearings" style="user-select: auto\;" title="https://www.mass.gov/info-details/masshealth-public-hearings">101 CMR 403</a>) and rates for home health services (<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.mass.gov/info-details/executive-office-of-health-and-human-services-public-hearings" style="user-select: auto\;" title="https://www.mass.gov/info-details/executive-office-of-health-and-human-services-public-hearings">101 CMR 350</a>). In its proposed changes\, MassHealth is proposing to keep reimbursement rates for home health services unchanged. In addition\, the department is proposing several regulation changes which will have implications to operations.&nbsp\;</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in\;line-height:normal\;background:white\;  vertical-align:baseline\;">Join this member briefing to hear from Jake Krilovich\, Colleen Pierro and Kim Portello about these changes and the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts&#39\; strategy in the coming weeks as we prepare for an April 3<sup>rd</sup> public hearing.</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in\;line-height:normal\;background:white\;  vertical-align:baseline\;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;">Agenda:</strong></p><ol fr-original-style="margin-top:0in\;" start="1" style="margin-top: 0in\; list-style-position: inside\;" type="1"><li style="color:black\;margin-bottom:0in\;line-height:normal\;      mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1\;tab-stops:list .5in\;background:white\;vertical-align:      baseline\;">Overview and Introduction</li><li style="color:black\;margin-bottom:0in\;line-height:normal\;      mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1\;tab-stops:list .5in\;background:white\;vertical-align:      baseline\;">Rate Regulation Changes</li><li style="color:black\;margin-bottom:0in\;line-height:normal\;      mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1\;tab-stops:list .5in\;background:white\;vertical-align:      baseline\;">Agency Regulation Changes</li><li style="color:black\;margin-bottom:0in\;line-height:normal\;      mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1\;tab-stops:list .5in\;background:white\;vertical-align:      baseline\;">Value Based Purchasing (VBP) Proposal</li><li style="color:black\;margin-bottom:0in\;line-height:normal\;      mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1\;tab-stops:list .5in\;background:white\;vertical-align:      baseline\;">Member Feedback/Discussion</li><li style="color:black\;margin-bottom:0in\;line-height:normal\;      mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1\;tab-stops:list .5in\;background:white\;vertical-align:      baseline\;">Next Steps &amp\; Advocacy</li></ol><p style="margin-bottom:0in\;line-height:normal\;"><br></p><!-- CALENDAR LINKS --><p style="text-align:center\; font-size:13px\; margin-top:-10px\;">Add to calendar: <a fr-original-style="" href="https://zoom.us/meeting/tZcpceGvrzsoGNbBIFYBkM8cFxgdVprokDg1/ics?meetingMasterEventId=k13yvfbiS5uICAmt2rIDbA" style="user-select: auto\;" target="_blank">&nbsp\;Outlook / Apple (.ics)&nbsp\;</a> | <a fr-original-style="" href="https://zoom.us/meeting/tZcpceGvrzsoGNbBIFYBkM8cFxgdVprokDg1/calendar/google/add?meetingMasterEventId=k13yvfbiS5uICAmt2rIDbA" style="user-select: auto\;" target="_blank">&nbsp\;Google Calendar&nbsp\;</a></p><p style="text-align:center\; font-size:12px\; color:#666666\; margin-top:6px\;">The Outlook/Apple option downloads a calendar file\; Google opens directly in your browser.</p></body></html>
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URL:https://members.thinkhomecare.org/advocacy-calendar/Details/member-briefing-masshealth-proposed-rate-and-agency-regulation-changes-1684154?sourceTypeId=Hub
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