Partners
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the administrator of the Medicare program and works with each state to administer its Medicaid program, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, and health insurance portability standards. CMS also oversees the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) program, contracting with QIOs (like Masspro) to ensure that care paid for by the Medicare program is reasonable and medically necessary, meets professionally recognized standards of health care, and is provided in the most economical setting.
Massachusetts Association of Health Plans
The Massachusetts Association of Health Plans (MAHP) is a non-profit organization committed to promoting the development and value of health plans in Massachusetts. Its mission and vision is to improve health for all in Massachusetts by promoting affordable, safe, and coordinated health care and to create trust in the value that health plans contribute to the health care system.
Massachusetts Medical Society
The Massachusetts Medical Society is the oldest continuously operating medical society in the United States. Its mission is to “…advance medical knowledge, to develop and maintain the highest professional and ethical standards of medical practice and health care, and to promote medical institutions formed on liberal principles for the health, benefit and welfare of the citizens of the Commonwealth."
Massachusetts Public Health Association
The Massachusetts Public Health Association (MPHA) is a statewide membership organization that seeks through advocacy, education, coalition building, and organized action to improve the health of the public, promote the establishment of health care as a human right, and secure optimal community, personal, and environmental health.
Medicare Advocacy Project
The Medicare Advocacy Project (MAP) is a group of experienced attorneys and paralegals who provide free legal advice and representation to elderly and disabled people who may have been unfairly denied Medicare coverage. MAP provides information by phone and offers printed materials for those enrolled in traditional Medicare or in a Medicare Health Plan. MAP's toll-free number is 1-800-323-3205.
Links
1-800-AGE-INFO/ SHINE Program
Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention- Influenza
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services- Adult Immunization Overview
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
Immunization Action Coalition
Massachusetts 2-1-1: Get Connected. Get Answers.
This is a new statewide, phone-based information and referral service that provides information about the health and human service resources available in your community.
Massachusetts Department of Public Health- Division of Health Care Quality
Massachusetts Department of Public Health- Influenza
Massachusetts Division of Insurance
(617) 521-7777
Masspro Flu Clinic Finder Web Site
Medicare
The official US Government Site for People with Medicare
(P) 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227)
TTY 1-877-486-2048
Medicare Advocacy Project
Medicare Beneficiary Complaint Response Program
PandemicFlu.Gov
Partnership for Clear Health Communication
The Partnership for Clear Health Communication promotes awareness and solutions related to low health literacy.
Social Security Administration
World Health Organization Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR)
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