Tag Archives: Adult-Foster-Care

Cost Report

September 25, 2007 – 7:03 pm

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Thank you for your reply regarding AFC level I payment rates.
I am somewhat familiar with:
408.430 – Adult Foster Care Responsibilities.
(E)
(2) The AFC provider must submit all of the following information in the forrmat and time frames required by the MassHealth agency:
(a) clinical and statistical information;
(b) member incidents or accidents;
(c) cost and expense information; [...]

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To the EOHSS

September 3, 2007 – 6:12 pm

Executive Office of Health and Human Services,
I am seeking information regarding a grave and urgent matter. I have been a caregiver in the Adult Foster Care program since Spring of 2001. In that time there has not been a single increase in the Level I payment rate. Not even one COLA.
In 2001 the yearly stipend [...]

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Agreement Intent

July 1, 2007 – 11:42 pm

MassHealth Customer Service,
Thank you for your response of May 30. It has clarified some of my concerns.
To reconfirm my understanding, regarding 408.434(A)(4) – "employ or independently contract with an AFC caregiver.", your answer "The language is meant to give the AFC provider the flexibility to either hire a caregiver as an employee of the AFC [...]

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AFC Questions

May 4, 2007 – 7:21 pm

MassHealth Customer Service,
I have been reading – MassHealth Transmittal Letter AFC-11, January 2007,
To: Adult Foster Care Providers Participating in MassHealth.
1. I was unable to find any reference as to when the regulations will go
into effect for Adult Foster Care Caregivers. Will it be soon?
2. Although I do see that 408.404 (A)(6) states: "agree to pay AFC
caregivers on [...]

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Apology

April 3, 2007 – 2:29 pm

I would have never imagined that anyone could actually not be allowed to apologize. As I mentioned in my earlier post Complaint, MassHealth's failure to apologize may mean that I have to file a lawsuit against them. This is ironic, because it seems that a main reason for not apologizing is so that the apology [...]

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