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New MassHealth Bulletin for Behavioral Health Providers

The bulletin covers requirements related to documentation, record keeping, and clinical supervision in the delivery of MassHealth-covered behavioral health services. The last page of the bulletin provides a good list of resources for behavioral health practitioners. Click here to read

Hospice Provider Preview Reports are Available Now

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Hospice provider preview reports and Hospice CAHPS Survey provider preview reports have been updated and are now available. All providers should review their HIS quality measure results from Quarter 3, 2017 to Quarter 2, 2018 and their facility-level CAHPS survey

MassHealth is Taking Steps to Improve Access to Behavioral Health Services with Telehealth

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MassHealth has issued a new All Provider Bulletin explaining the 2019 expansion of telehealth services. Per All Provider Bulletin 281: “Effective January 1, 2019, Community Health Centers, Community Mental Health Centers, and Outpatient Substance Use Disorder providers (provider types 20,

The IRS Begins Recalling Employees to Process Tax Returns

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The IRS is recalling roughly 46,000 employees to handle tax returns and pay refunds. These employees will not be paid during the shutdown. Previously furloughed staff will be joining the 10,000 “essential” employees currently working. President Trump stated on Tuesday

New Version of Hospice Quality Reporting (HQRP) Quality Measure (QM) User’s Manual Available

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Version 3.00 of the HQRP QM User’s Manual is now available to download. The measure specifications for Hospice Visits when Death is Imminent Measure 1 and Measure 2 are included in this update. The new user’s manual and all supporting

The IRS Begins Accepting Tax Returns on January 28

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As the impact of the government shutdown grows larger, you may have hoped that the IRS would close too. Unfortunately, we have no such luck! The IRS will begin accepting and processing tax individual returns for the 2019 season on