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	<title>the Mittineague Blog &#187; Adult-Foster-Care</title>
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	<description>Random rants and rambling ons, Observations and Opinion, Information and Instigation</description>
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		<title>Cost Report</title>
		<link>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/09/cost-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copyright &#169; 2012 Mittineague. Visit the original article at http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/09/cost-report/. ******** - Visit Mittineague - Thank you for your reply regarding AFC level I payment rates. I am somewhat familiar with: 408.430 &#8211; Adult Foster Care Responsibilities. (E) (2) The AFC provider must submit all of the following information in the forrmat and time frames [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the EOHSS</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mittineague</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copyright &#169; 2012 Mittineague. Visit the original article at http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/09/to-the-eohss/. Executive Office of Health and Human Services, - Visit Mittineague - 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agreement Intent</title>
		<link>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/07/agreement-intent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 03:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mittineague</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copyright &#169; 2012 Mittineague. Visit the original article at http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/07/agreement-intent/. MassHealth Customer Service, - Visit Mittineague - Thank you for your response of May 30. It has clarified some of my concerns. To reconfirm my understanding, regarding 408.434(A)(4) &#8211; &#034;employ or independently contract with an AFC caregiver.&#034;, your answer &#034;The language is meant to give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AFC Questions</title>
		<link>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/05/afc-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/05/afc-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 23:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mittineague</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copyright &#169; 2012 Mittineague. Visit the original article at http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/05/afc-questions/. MassHealth Customer Service, - Visit Mittineague - I have been reading &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apology</title>
		<link>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/04/apology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mittineague</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copyright &#169; 2012 Mittineague. Visit the original article at http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/04/apology/. I would have never imagined that anyone could actually not be allowed to apologize. As I mentioned in my earlier post Complaint, MassHealth&#039;s failure to apologize may mean that I have to file a lawsuit against them. This is ironic, because it seems that a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MassHealth Report</title>
		<link>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/03/masshealth-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/03/masshealth-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mittineague</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copyright &#169; 2012 Mittineague. Visit the original article at http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/03/masshealth-report/. Good news! There is hope that caregivers in the Adult Foster Care program may eventually be recognized as the asset they are. Several sections of the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute&#039;s report indicate that MassHealth and the State legislature may be at last &#034;getting it&#034; even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Complaint</title>
		<link>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/03/complaint/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/03/complaint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mittineague</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copyright &#169; 2012 Mittineague. Visit the original article at http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/03/complaint/. After having been unemployed for a year, I was found eligible for MassHealth insurance benefits the next 2 years. But in 2004, a supervisor in the MassHealth Springfield office decided that because of my participation in the AFC program, I was &#034;working&#034;. I explained that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Background</title>
		<link>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/03/background/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/03/background/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mittineague</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copyright &#169; 2012 Mittineague. Visit the original article at http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/03/background/. January 2001 I resigned from my full time position of over 12 years, to become a host caregiver in the MassHealth AFC program. After meeting the specified requirements, I was approved as a host family and began receiving the $19 a day tax free stipend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introduction</title>
		<link>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/03/introduction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 07:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mittineague</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Olmstead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Representative-James-Welch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator-Stephen-Buoniconti]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copyright &#169; 2012 Mittineague. Visit the original article at http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/03/introduction/. In 1999 the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Olmstead v. L.C. case that the Americans with Disabilities Act may require states to provide services in the least restrictive setting possible (i.e. community-based services), rather than institutional placements for individuals with disabilities. - Visit [...]]]></description>
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