Access to Health Care is a primary concern of people in communities throughout the U.S. AHEC/Community Partners coordinates two statewide initiatives in Massachusetts, which promote community-based outreach to expand health care access. Our goal is to provide health coverage for all Massachusetts residents.
		AHEC's HEALTH ACCESS PROGRAMS: The Health Access Networks consist of monthly, regionally based meetings emphasizing effective community-based health care outreach. The meetings promote information exchange, sharing best practices and building linkages between a broad range of stakeholders to increase health care access in Massachusetts. For more info click here. Moving Beyond Enrollment (MBE) is a statewide, community-based program addressing issues of post-enrollment. Once outreach programs assist people to get health coverage such as Medicaid or CHIP, this program assists them to appropriately utilize services. MBE is coordinated by AHEC/Community Partners and has program sites in the North Quabbin, Lower/Outer Cape and Southern Berkshire regions of Massachusetts. Click here to view program information. or download program info. For fact sheet on post-enrollment issues, click here.		HEALTH ACCESS UPDATES: How Medical Providers' office staff support post-enrollment A new report prepared for AHEC/Community Partners documents findings from focused discussions with office staff of Mass. physicians' offices regarding how best to promote MassHealth (Medicaid/CHIP) members' access to care. Click here for report. Report on Medical Security Plan. A new report from documenting the effectiveness of Massachusetts' health insurance coverage for the unemployed. Click here. AHEC REPORTS & ISSUE PAPERS DATA & HEALTH ACCESS INFO: HEALTH CARE ENROLLMENT INFO FOR MASSACHUSETTS DIRECTORY OF MASS.HEALTH ACCESS RESOURCES (Purple Book Directory) LINKS Get more info on health care access with these links:
	We encourage the reproduction of this material but request that you acknowledge the source. Contact us: AHEC/Community Partners: