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	<title>the Mittineague Blog &#187; MassHealth</title>
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	<description>Random rants and rambling ons, Observations and Opinion, Information and Instigation</description>
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		<title>Agreement Intent</title>
		<link>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/07/agreement-intent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/07/agreement-intent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 03:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mittineague</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adult-Foster-Care]]></category>
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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>Volunteer Payment Rates</title>
		<link>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/05/volunteer-payment-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/05/volunteer-payment-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 21:43:14 +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/volunteer-payment-rates/. MassHealth Customer Service, - Visit Mittineague - Thank you for your response and your continued patience. Re: your answer, &#034;Please note there was no change to the Level I payment rate to AFC providers.&#034;, I am aware that there has not yet been any change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AFC Questions</title>
		<link>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/05/afc-questions/</link>
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		<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>
		<comments>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/04/apology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mittineague</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adult-Foster-Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HCFA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MassHealth]]></category>

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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>HHA services</title>
		<link>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/03/hha-services/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/03/hha-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mittineague</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adult-Family-Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Health Aide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MassHealth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WestMass-ElderCare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Copyright &#169; 2012 Mittineague. Visit the original article at http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/03/hha-services/. ******** &#8211; WMEC, - Visit Mittineague - I may be missing something, or maybe the information I&#039;m finding online is incomplete or incorrect. The reason I thought WestMass ElderCare provided (or at least coordinated the arrangements for) Home Health Aide services is because I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Form</title>
		<link>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/03/new-form/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/03/new-form/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mittineague</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disabled]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
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		<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/new-form/. ******** &#8211; WestMass ElderCare, I am very disappointed to hear that the new rate might be similar to only a small COLA increase. I had hoped that Senator Buoniconti would have been able to help get something approximating fair payment levels for the 24/7 caregivers [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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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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		<category><![CDATA[Adult-Foster-Care]]></category>
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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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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>New AFC Regulations</title>
		<link>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/03/new-afc-regulations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mittineague.com/blog/2007/03/new-afc-regulations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 02:51:42 +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/new-afc-regulations/. I am sending this from one of my email addresses to another. Please feel free to respond to either of them. But &#8230;. - Visit Mittineague - ** Please Note ** that this email is being sent &#034;Carbon Copy&#034; to several addresses in addition to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[AFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adult-Foster-Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appeal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BOH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MassHealth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WMEC]]></category>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[AFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adult-Foster-Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MassHealth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respite]]></category>
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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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