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Newsletters
The Pennsylvania Health Law Project publishes 2 bi-monthly newsletters:
- Health Law PA News
- Senior Health News
Click to access recent and past editions of either newsletter. Contact us at (800)274-3258 or email us at staff@phlp.org to sign up for our mailing lists.
Manuals and Brochures by Topic
Billing Issues
Children
Complaints and Grievances
Drug and Alcohol
Dual Eligibles
Health Care and Services for Persons with Disabilities
Health Care for Immigrants
Health Care for Seniors
Health Care for Uninsured
Health Care for Veterans
Health Care for Women
Home and Community Based Services
Long Term Care
Managed Care
Medicare
Accessing Health Care Services Through HealthChoices
Medicaid/Medical Assistance Eligibility
Medicaid/Medical Assistance Services
Mental Health
Mental Retardation
Prescription Drug access
Transportation
Other Brochures
Billing Issues
Billing Issues for Consumers with BOTH Medicare and Medicaid
Children (Click to return to our Healthcare for Children page)
Flyer on reporting parental income for children on MA through loophole
Loophole Manual - How to Get Medical Assistance for a Child with a Severe Disability (pdf, April 2009)
How to determine whether a child with mental illness or a bio-neurological disorder meets the standards for "disability."
Advocating for Behavioral Health Services for your Child
Understanding "Wraparound" Services for Children in HealthChoices
Accessing Behavioral Health Services for your Child: The Interagency Service Planning Team (ISPT) Meeting
The Psychological Evaluation
Complaints and Grievances (Click to return to our Complaints and Grievances page).
Appealing a Coverage Decision Made by Your Medical Assistance Plan: Grievances, Complaints, and Fair Hearings (updated May 2009)
Drug and Alcohol (Click to return to our Drug and Alcohol page).
How to obtain Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Services in Pennsylvania (in pdf- updated May 2007, posted May 2008)
Accessing MH and D&A services in Southwestern PA
How to obtain Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Services in Butler County (in pdf- updated Feb 2005)
MA Eligibility for Persons Undergoing Drug and Alcohol Treatment
Dual Eligibles (Click to return to our Dual Eligible page).
Dual Eligibles' Access to Care: (Updated Version in pdf Oct 2008)
How to Get Physical Health Care Services when you are on Medicare and Medical Assistance (in pdf, March 2009)
Billing Issues for Consumers with BOTH Medicare and Medicaid (in pdf, June 2009)
Click here for Publications on Medicare
Health Care and Services for Persons with Disabilities (Click to return to our Persons with Disabilities page).
Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver Programs: A Manual for Consumers and Advocates (in pdf, upated May 2009)
What Happens to My SSI, SSDI, and Healthcare if I Work? A Guide for Adults with Disabilities (Manual - in pdf updated August 2007)
Medical Assistance for Workers with Disabilities (MAWD) Brochure - for consumers (in pdf, updated Feb 2009)
Medical Assistance for Workers with Disabilities (MAWD)- advocates (in pdf, updated Feb 2007)
Getting Healthcare Coverage and Services for Adults Who are Age 18-59: A Guide for Consumers and Advocates
What if I Disagree with my Medical Assistance Plan?: Grievances, Complaints, and Fair Hearings (updated Nov 2004)
Health Care for Immigrants (Click to return to our Health Care for Immigrants page).
FAQ on Medical Assistance for Legal Immigrants in their First Five Years (CLS pdf, July 2009)
Health Care For Immigrants: A Manual For Advocates (in pdf Dec 2008)
Brochures For Immigrants:
What Should I Do If I Need to See a Doctor? (Dec. 2008 in PDF)
En Español: What Should I Do If I Need to See a Doctor? (Dec. 2008 in PDF)
Children's Health (Dec. 2008 in PDF)
En Español: Children's Health (Dec. 2008 in PDF)
Women's Health (Dec. 2008 in PDF)
En Español: Women's Health (Dec. 2008 in PDF)
Health Care for Seniors (Click to return to our Health Care for Seniors page).
How to Get Help with Your Medicare Expenses
How to Get Physical Health Care Services when you are on Medicare and Medical Assistance (in pdf, March 2009)
Billing Issues for Consumers with BOTH Medicare and Medicaid
Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver Programs: A Manual for Consumers and Advocates (in pdf, upated May 2009)
Consumers Guide to the Medicare Drug Discount Card Program- for Southwestern Pennsylvanians with Disabilities (in pdf- updated 12/04)
Health Care for Uninsured (Click to return to our Health Care for Uninsured page)
Uninsured Pennsylvanians: Meet Your Friends, Neighbors, Coworkers (in pdf, Dec 2009).
Getting Healthcare Coverage and Services for Adults Who are Age 18-59: A Guide for Consumers and Advocates
adultBasic Program Flyer (in pdf, updated April 2009)
Health Care Coverage When Leaving or Switching Jobs (in pdf, May 2009)
Health Care for Veterans
The Veterans Health Administration: A Guide for Advocates (in pdf, April 2009)
Fact Sheet on Emergency Care Through the VA (in pdf, April 2009)
Health Care for Women (Click to return to our Health Care for Women page).
Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Program Flyer (in pdf - updated 2010)
Home and Community Based Services (click to return to our Home and Community Based Services page)
Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver Programs: A Manual for Consumers and Advocates (in pdf, upated May 2009)
Basic HCBS Factsheet (in pdf, Nov 2009)
HCBS Waiver Appeal Factsheet (in pdf, Nov 2009)
Factsheet: What are your Rights in the HCBS Waiver Programs Service Plan Development Process (in pdf, Nov 2009)
Long Term Care (click to return to our Long Term Care page)
Personal Care Home Manual for advocates (Feb 2007)
Personal Care Home Residents's Rights brochure (Feb 2007)
Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver Programs: A Manual for Consumers and Advocates (in pdf, upated May 2009)
Personal Care Home White Paper
Managed Care (click to return to our Managed Care page)
What if I Disagree with my Medical Assistance Plan?: Grievances, Complaints, and Fair Hearings (updated 11/04)
Accessing Health Care Services Through HealthChoices
Getting Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (for Southeast PA in pdf) (for Southwest PA in pdf)
What if I Disagree with my Medical Assistance Plan?: Grievances, Complaints, and Fair Hearings (updated Nov 2004)
What to do When You're Unhappy with your Managed Care Plan
Medicaid/Medical Assistance Eligibility (click to return to our Medicaid/Medical Assistance page)
Can my Family Still Keep Medical Assistance after We Go off Welfare?
MA Eligibility Manual (in pdf- updated 2006)
MA Eligibility for Persons Undergoing Drug and Alcohol Treatment
Medicaid/Medical Assistance Services (click to return to our Medicaid/Medical Assistance page)
Getting Healthcare Coverage and Services for Adults Who are Age 18-59: A Guide for Consumers and Advocates
Fact sheet about Access Plus (in pdf, updated May 2009)
What if I Disagree with my Medical Assistance Plan?: Grievances, Complaints, and Fair Hearings (updated Nov 2004)
What is HIPP? Pennsylvania's Health Insurance Premium Payment Program
How to obtain Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol Services in the Southwest.
Medicare (click to return to our Medicare page)
List of Medicare drug plans which have no monthly premium for full subsidy consumers (in pdf, Nov 2009)
Important Information for Full Dual Eligibles Who Are Losing Their Medicare Special Needs Plan (in pdf, Nov 2009)
Chart For Helping Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries Facing Plan Terminations (in pdf, Nov 2009)
How To Choose a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (Nov 2007)(inPDF)
Understanding the Medicare Part D Reassignment Process (Nov 2007)(inPDF)
List of Medicare Rx plans partnering with PACE/ PACENET/ SPBP/ CRDP (Nov 2009)(inPDF)
Low-Incomes Subsidy brochure (English Version in pdf August 2007 / Spanish Version in pdf August 2007).
Covered Drugs under Medicare Part D (June 2007) (in pdf) (in Word)
How Medicare Assistance Drug Coverage will Change with Medicare (May 2007) (in pdf) (In Word)
Medicare Part D Manual: A Guide for Advocates and Providers who Work with Older Adults in Pennsylvania (updated Jan 2010) (in pdf)
Low-Income subsidies- Eligiblity and application (Feb 2007)(in pdf)
Getting Medicare Information in Alternate Formats (Mar 2006)(in PDF)
How Medicare Part D affects consumers who already have a Medicare HMO. (Oct 2005) (In PDF)
Medigap Polices and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit. (Sept 2005) (In PDF) (In Word)
Overview of the Medicare Prescription Drug benefit (April 2005) (In PDF) (In Word)
The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit for people with both Medical Assistance and Medicare (April 2005) (In PDF) (In Word)
The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Low-Income subsidies (April 2005) (In PDF) (In Word)
Mental Health (click to return to our Mental Health page)
How To Obtain
Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol Services in Pennsylvania - Manual (May 2008)
Consumer Empowerment: A Guide to Advocacy for Mental Health Consumers in Pennsylvania (2007) in pdf
Getting Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services - Brochure (for Southeast PA in pdf) (for Southwest PA in pdf)
How to obtain Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol Services in Southwest Pennsylvania - Manual
Advocating for Behavioral Health Services for your Child
Understanding "Wraparound" Services for Children in HealthChoices
Accessing Behavioral Health Services for your Child: The Interagency Service Planning Team (ISPT) Meeting
The Psychological Evaluation
Mental Retardation (click to return to our Mental Retardation page)
Prescription Drug Access (click to return to our Prescription Drug Access page)
Brochure on Understanding the PACE Program (in pdf August 2007)
Pennsylvania Patient Assistance Program (in pdf- updated Dec 2005)
How to Access Prescription Drug Coverage in Pennsylvania (in pdf- upated Oct 2004)
Transportation (click to return to our Transportation page)
Medical Assistance Transportation Program (MATP) Brochure (in pdf, March 2009)
MATP White Paper (in pdf)
OTHER BROCHURES
About PHLP
How to Get Your Medical Records
Health Care Coverage When Leaving or Switching Jobs (in pdf, May 2009)
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