MassHealth Training
presented by
Medical-Legal Partnership & Volunteer Lawyers Service

June 27, 2016
1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Community Legal Aid, 405 Main St,  3rd Fl., Worcester, MA 01608
Speakers:
Vicky Pulos Esq.
Health Law Attorney, Mass Law Reform Institute
Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies, Esq.
Staff Attorney, Community Legal Aid Medical-Legal Partnership
Anita Conte, J.D.
Pro Bono Coordinator, Community Legal Aid

Agenda:
• Overview of Medical-Legal Partnership
• Overview of MassHealth
• Nuts and Bolts of navigating MassHealth
• Sources for MassHealth rules and guidelines
• Common problems with eligibility and medical necessity
• Representing clients at fair hearings
• Overview of the pro bono referral process and working with pro bono clients
COST: By attending this free training, participants agree to accept two pro bono referrals during the project

RSVP: Please RSVP to Pro Bono Coordinator, Anita Conte, J. D., Community Legal Aid at aconte@cla-ma.org or (508) 425-2824
What is Medical-Legal Partnership? Community Legal Aid received a two-year grant from the Legal Services Corporation to build a medical-legal partnership with UMass Memorial Health Care. The partnership will provide legal services to low-income patients who are receiving care through an innovative new primary care model being implemented at three primary care sites at UMass Memorial Medical Center.
Social and economic stressors impede a family's ability to  navigate systems with which they interact. These stressors also greatly impact the health of low-income, minority and other marginalized communities and interfere with clinical providers' ability to effectively and efficiently improve the health of their most vulnerable patients. Through the partnership, clinical providers who have been trained to screen for health-harming legal issues will refer families to Community Legal Aid. We invite you, a private bar attorney, to join us in addressing the health-harming legal needs of our community by accepting a MassHealth case referral. 

Please feel free to share this invitation with any colleagues who may be interested. This will be the fourth in a series of Medical-Legal Partnership trainings offered by Community Legal Aid. Please look forward to upcoming invitations!

http://massprobono.org/cla-medicallegalpartnership/