August 26, 2011
Remembering Fred Fay
The MS Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities has lost a good friend. Fred Fay, national disability advocate has passed away.
During the early 90′s Fred, Mark Smith and Justin Dart worked together on many disability issues. After being introduced to Fred by Mark, I had the privilege of working with him on several campaigns. What an intelligent and caring man.
Fred was proof that a person with a disability could do almost anything with the use of assistive technology. You see, Fred worked from his home in his bed with all of his assistive equipment. So many who worked with Fred never knew this.
The disability community owes Fred so much for the strides he made for us in his quiet but effective ways.
We will miss you dear friend, but we will never forget you and will always be thankful for having known you.
Mary Troupe
Executive Director
August 18, 2011
Schedule for MississippiCAN Workshops 2011
IMPORTANT NOTICE
New Enrollment Period For MS CAN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACROSS THE STATE
Download the Schedule
BACKGROUND
The Division of Medicaid implemented a Coordinated Care Program called Mississippi Coordinated Access Network (MississippiCAN) January 1, 2011.
Beneficiaries who qualified for this program had the choice to either:
- enroll in a coordinated care health plan
- choose to stay in the traditional Medicaid ‘fee for service’ program (Opt Out)
- If you did neither by a certain date, you were automatically assigned to one of the coordinated care health plans (Magnolia Health Plan or United Healthcare)
The Beneficiaries included in the targeted populations for the MississippiCAN program include the following categories of eligibility (Only These Groups):
Aged, Blind, and Disable (not dually eligible – meaning those that have both Medicaid and Medicare)
- SSI recipients
- Disabled Child Living at Home Program
- Working Disabled
- Department of Human Services Foster Care Children
- Department of Health Breast/Cervical Cancer Group
NEW ENROLLMENT PERIOD
- 10-1-11 – MS Division of Medicaid will be sending out enrollment packets
a) Any Medicaid recipients who fall in the target groups listed above and are determined to be eligible by the MS Division of Medicaid should receive a packet.
b) IMPORTANT – All beneficiaries of the target groups will receive a packet even through you signed on or opted out last year. - If you are newly eligible for the MississippiCAN program, you must either
a)Choose one of the coordinated care health plans (Magnolia Health Plan or United HealthCare)
b)Or opt out (which means to stay on regular Medicaid ‘fee for service’)
c)Note that if you do not do one of the above (“a” or “b”) by the deadline (12/15/2011), you will be auto assigned to one of the coordinated care health plans (Magnolia Health Plan or United HealthCare) - If you are already covered by one of the coordinated care health plans, you can
a)Do nothing and you will remain with your existing coordinated care health plan
b)Switch coordinated care health plans
c)Or opt out (which means to stay on regular Medicaid ‘fee for service’) - 12/15/11 – Deadline for Medicaid to receive your forms (end of enrollment period)
- 1/1/2012 –All Medicaid MississippiCAN beneficiaries will be locked into the option they chose through the entire year of 2012
a)the coordinated care health plan (Magnolia Health or United Healthcare) or
b)Regular Medicaid ‘fee for service’
To help Mississippi Medicaid beneficiaries in the target group for MS CAN to better understand the procedure, the Division of Medicaid will be conducting 24 meeting statewide. Each meeting will be at least 2 hours (List of meetings, places and times attached)
Agenda
Welcome & Instructions | Mississippi CAN Presentation:
- Division of Medicaid
- United Healthcare
- Magnolia Health Plan
- Questions & Answers
Time for Question & Answers
Justice for the Children of Jackson – An Essential Training
Do you want to end the school to prison pipeline? Now is the time to work together.
Come to this important training: Speak out, be heard, take action!
This training will be focused on communicating with our decision makers and elected officials in order to make change a reality.
PLEASE JOIN US
August 27th • 10:30AM
Lumpkins BBQ
182 Raymond Rd (near Terry Rd) •Jackson, MS
For more information, contact
Jed Oppenheim (334)322-8218
or email jed.oppenheim@splcenter.org
Best
Jed Oppenheim
Senior Advocate
Mississippi Youth Justice Project
921 N. President St., Suite B
Jackson, MS 39202
(O) 601-948-8882 x 25
Toll Free Cell: 877-892-2577
(f) 601-948-8885
jed.oppenheim@splcenter.org
A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Back Bay Mission offers help for those Effected by the BP Oil Disaster
Food, Medication, Rent/Mortgage or Utility Assistance for those Effected by the BP Oil Disaster
Back Bay Mission may be able to help if your income was directly affected by the BP Oil Disaster.
For more information, please call 228-432-0301.
Total Beauty Pageant, August 20th
Come on out to the Total Beauty Pageant on next Satuday, August 20th at Hamilton High School at 6 p.m. Admission is free. You are sure to enjoy the 21 beautiful and handsome contestants as they all vie to be Ms. Total Beauty 2011 and Mr. Most Handsome 2011.
Hope to see you there!!
SUPPORT, EDUCATE, EMPOWER
The Arc of Lowndes County
PO Box 5387
Columbus, MS 39704
662-352-3184
www.arclowndescounty.org
