Submitted by achenault on Wed, 02/17/2016 – 11:58am UHCAN Ohio recognizes that dental hygienists are a critical part of the dental team. They provide services that keep people healthy and prevent tooth decay and other diseases. Because of the time they spend with patients, dental hygienists are leaders in providing preventive care and education that
Submitted by achenault on Wed, 03/02/2016 – 10:13am From the beginning of MyCare Ohio, there has been a push to ensure all enrollees signed their All Service Plan (ASP). The ASP is a document that the Case Manager (CM) develops with the input of the Interdisciplinary Team and the enrollee. It specifies all the services
Submitted by achenault on Wed, 03/02/2016 – 10:08am That’s what the February 24th dental access Day At The Statehouse looked like. Here it is by the numbers: 69 registered – weather, family emergencies or accessibility issues prohibited 17 from attending; 52 attendees; 55 legislator appointments; 23 Senate meetings; 32 House meetings. What did participants say?
Submitted by achenault on Wed, 03/16/2016 – 2:12pm The Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) has announced that they will begin eliminating spend-down after July 2016. People who are currently using health care expense spend-down to be eligible for Medicaid will have to meet income eligibility criteria (below 138% of the federal poverty limit, $16,242 per
Submitted by achenault on Wed, 04/06/2016 – 2:11pm According to the latest report from CMS on enrollment, during the last open enrollment period from November 1, 2015 – February 1, 2016, 243,715 Ohioans selected plans in the Marketplace. 84% of those received premium tax credits to help pay for their premiums. Getting health coverage is
Tomorrow, the Ohio Department of Medicaid will open public comment on their proposal to significantly change Ohio’s Medicaid program based on guidelines passed by the State Legislature in the last state budget. These proposed changes could cause more than 1 million of Ohio’s most vulnerable people including women, parents, people who are homeless, and others,
Last week we delivered a Lawmaker Letter which provided state lawmakers with details about the safety, quality care, education, and training of the dental therapist just days before the professional dental lobby group held its “day at the statehouse.” We wanted to let legislators know that they do not speak for all dentists or the
On March 29, 2016 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the long-awaited rule applying mental health and substance use disorders parity to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Mental health and substance abuse parity means that a health plan pays for treatment as it would if the patient was being
The Ohio Department of Medicaid is finalizing plans to eliminate spend-down and redesign disability determinations. The Governor’s Office of Health Transformation published a white paper that discusses the plans in detail. UHCAN Ohio outlined some of the changes in our March newsletter. Spend-down will be eliminated, and qualifying for Medicaid will mean meeting the income
For the past 6 months, UHCAN Ohio has been working to organize consumers, advocates, and organizations to oppose the #NotHealthy4Ohio waiver. As a result of this work, approximately 100 advocates, activists, and other organizations filled the hearing room at the Ohio Department of Medicaid in Columbus to provide comments –all opposing – on the Healthy
