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MassHealth

Adult Disability Supplement

Commonwealth of Massachusetts | Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Instructions for Completing the Supplement

You have indicated on your MassHealth application that you have a disability. Disability standards require that the disability has lasted or is expected to last at least 12 months. UMass Disability Evaluation Services (DES) will review your disability application for MassHealth. It is very important that you complete this Disability Supplement.

To get MassHealth based on your disability, you need to tell us about

•your medical and mental health providers. These may include doctors, psychologists, therapists, social workers, physical therapists, chiropractors, hospitals, health centers, and clinics from whom you receive or have received treatment; and

•yourself: your work history for the past 15 years, your educational background, and your daily activities.

Completing the Disability Supplement will give us this information and will help us make a quick decision.

Please read the following instructions before beginning.

•Print, or write clearly and complete the supplement to the best of your ability.

•Sign and date a Medical Release Form for each medical and mental health provider you list on the supplement.

•After you have filled out the supplement, submit it to

Disability Evaluation Services / UMASS Medical DES

P.O. Box 2796

Worcester, MA 01613-2796

DES will ask for your medical and treatment records from the providers you have listed. If you have any of your medical records, please send a copy with this form. If more information or tests are needed, a member of DES will get in touch with you. Your eligibility will be determined more quickly if all items on the supplement are filled in.

This is not an application for medical benefits. If you have not already completed a MassHealth application, you must fill one out in addition to this form. If you have any questions about how to apply, please call 1-800-841-2900 (TTY: 1-800-497-4648 for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech disabled).

If you need help with this form, you can call the UMass Disability Evaluation Services (DES) Help Line at 1-888-497-9890.

Fill in every section of this form. If you do not fill in every section, we may not be able to decide if you are disabled.

We may need to schedule a doctor’s appointment for you. What are the best times for you to go to an appointment?

PART 1 Your health problems

List and describe all your medical and mental health problems. If you are getting treatment for the problem, please tell us what kind of treatment.

PART 2 Information about all your medical and mental health providers

If yes, please list every medical and mental health provider that treated you for any of your health problems since they started. A medical or mental health provider may include a doctor, psychologist, therapist, social worker, physical therapist, chiropractor, hospital, health center, and clinic from which you receive treatment. You can write on a separate piece of paper if you run out of space.

If you are receiving treatment from only one facility, list only that facility.

Please fill out a Medical Records Release Form for each medical and mental health provider on this list. Be sure to sign and date each form. These release forms are at the end of this packet. If you need more copies of the Medical Release Form, call a MassHealth Enrollment Center at 1-888-665-9993 (TTY: 1-888-665-9997 for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech disabled) or download the form at www.mass.gov/masshealth.

PART 3 Where you live

PART 4 What you can do

Sit

Stand

Walk

Bend

Reach

Lift

Remember

See

Hear

Use your hands

Dress and bathe

Do regular housework

Listen to music

Watch TV

Use a computer

Read

Talk on the phone

Go outside

Go for a walk

Go shopping

Go to the doctor

Visit friends and family

Go to school

Handle money/use an ATM

Drive a car

Take a bus, train, or taxi

Play sports

Other (describe)

Part 7. Your work (continued)

List all your jobs from the last 15 years. Do the best that you can. If you do not know the exact dates, write your best guess.

Start with the job you have now or your last job. Add a piece of paper if you need more space. You can attach a resume if you have one. Here is a sample.

Job duties (List everything you did.) Put three golf balls into a small box. Packed 24 small boxes into a case. Sealed the case with packing tape. Loaded cases onto a platform.

Circle the number of hours you do each thing in your job. If you do not work, circle the number of hours you did each thing in your last job.

PART 8 Your comments

Use this space to write any additional information about why you cannot work.

PART 9 Your signature and rights

THIS SECTION MUST BE COMPLETED.

You have the right to privacy. The information on this form is confidential. All possible precautions will be taken to ensure your privacy rights.

Signature of Applicant/Guardian/Authorized Representative

Date _____/_____/________

Authorized Representative

If this form is being filled out by someone with the legal authority to act on behalf of the applicant/member (such as the parent of an adult disabled child or spouse, an authorized representative, or a legal guardian), give us the following information.

Signature of person filling out this form

Print name

Authority of person filling out this form on behalf of the applicant/member

DES may send copies of notices to the authorized representative. This area does not authorize release of medical records.

You may choose an authorized representative to help you with some or all of the responsibilities of applying for or getting health benefits.

You can do this by filling out a MassHealth Authorized Representative Designation Form (ARD). To ask for an ARD form, call MassHealth Customer Service at 1-800-841-2900 (TTY: 1-800-497-4648 for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech disabled).

HELP WITH THIS FORM

REMINDER

Did you remember to

complete a medical release form for each medical or mental health provider listed on page 2? sign all medical release forms?

sign this Disability Supplement above?

include a completed and signed Authorized Representative Designation Form (ARD) if needed?

MassHealth

Medical Records Release Form

Commonwealth of Massachusetts | Executive Office of Health and Human Services | www.mass.gov/masshealth

MassHealth Disability Evaluation Service

This MassHealth Medical Records Release Form helps us get medical information from your health-care provider so that the MassHealth Disability Evaluation Service (DES) can make a disability determination.

Please read the instructions carefully before you fill out this form. If you leave any sections of this form blank, this permission will not be valid, and the health-care provider will not be able to share your information with the MassHealth DES. If the health-care provider does not share medical information with the MassHealth DES, we will not be able to make a disability determination.

General instructions for filling out the Medical Records Release Form

1.Sign and date a Medical Records Release Form for each doctor, hospital, health center, clinic, or other health-care provider you listed in the Disability Supplement.

2.All signatures must be in ink and must be originals. No copies or stamps of signatures are permitted.

3.Only one signature may appear on a line.

4.If this form is for a child younger than age 18, one parent or legal guardian must sign for the child.

SECTION I

Permission is given for the health-care provider listed in Section II to share the medical information listed in Section III about

with the MassHealth DES.

(Please print name of applicant or member.)

SECTION II

Please print the name of the health-care provider that may share medical information with the MassHealth DES.

Name of doctor, health center, or other health-care provider

Street address

City, state, zip

Phone ( )

SECTION III

The health-care provider listed in Section II above may share the following information with the MassHealth DES to determine eligibility for MassHealth benefits.

All medical records or other information about my treatment, hospitalization, or outpatient care for conditions including

Check here if you do not want the health-care provider to share information about AIDS/HIV status. Check here if you do not want the health-care provider to share information about drug or alcohol use.

MassHealth

Medical Records Release Form

Commonwealth of Massachusetts | Executive Office of Health and Human Services | www.mass.gov/masshealth

MassHealth Disability Evaluation Service

This MassHealth Medical Records Release Form helps us get medical information from your health-care provider so that the MassHealth Disability Evaluation Service (DES) can make a disability determination.

Please read the instructions carefully before you fill out this form. If you leave any sections of this form blank, this permission will not be valid, and the health-care provider will not be able to share your information with the MassHealth DES. If the health-care provider does not share medical information with the MassHealth DES, we will not be able to make a disability determination.

General instructions for filling out the Medical Records Release Form

1.Sign and date a Medical Records Release Form for each doctor, hospital, health center, clinic, or other health-care provider you listed in the Disability Supplement.

2.All signatures must be in ink and must be originals. No copies or stamps of signatures are permitted.

3.Only one signature may appear on a line.

4.If this form is for a child younger than age 18, one parent or legal guardian must sign for the child.

SECTION I

Permission is given for the health-care provider listed in Section II to share the medical information listed in Section III about

with the MassHealth DES.

(Please print name of applicant or member.)

SECTION II

Please print the name of the health-care provider that may share medical information with the MassHealth DES.

Name of doctor, health center, or other health-care provider

Street address

City, state, zip

Phone ( )

SECTION III

The health-care provider listed in Section II above may share the following information with the MassHealth DES to determine eligibility for MassHealth benefits.

All medical records or other information about my treatment, hospitalization, or outpatient care for conditions including

Check here if you do not want the health-care provider to share information about AIDS/HIV status. Check here if you do not want the health-care provider to share information about drug or alcohol use.

MassHealth

Medical Records Release Form

Commonwealth of Massachusetts | Executive Office of Health and Human Services | www.mass.gov/masshealth

MassHealth Disability Evaluation Service

This MassHealth Medical Records Release Form helps us get medical information from your health-care provider so that the MassHealth Disability Evaluation Service (DES) can make a disability determination.

Please read the instructions carefully before you fill out this form. If you leave any sections of this form blank, this permission will not be valid, and the health-care provider will not be able to share your information with the MassHealth DES. If the health-care provider does not share medical information with the MassHealth DES, we will not be able to make a disability determination.

General instructions for filling out the Medical Records Release Form

1.Sign and date a Medical Records Release Form for each doctor, hospital, health center, clinic, or other health-care provider you listed in the Disability Supplement.

2.All signatures must be in ink and must be originals. No copies or stamps of signatures are permitted.

3.Only one signature may appear on a line.

4.If this form is for a child younger than age 18, one parent or legal guardian must sign for the child.

SECTION I

Permission is given for the health-care provider listed in Section II to share the medical information listed in Section III about

with the MassHealth DES.

(Please print name of applicant or member.)

SECTION II

Please print the name of the health-care provider that may share medical information with the MassHealth DES.

Name of doctor, health center, or other health-care provider

Street address

City, state, zip

Phone ( )

SECTION III

The health-care provider listed in Section II above may share the following information with the MassHealth DES to determine eligibility for MassHealth benefits.

All medical records or other information about my treatment, hospitalization, or outpatient care for conditions including

Check here if you do not want the health-care provider to share information about AIDS/HIV status. Check here if you do not want the health-care provider to share information about drug or alcohol use.

MassHealth

Medical Records Release Form

Commonwealth of Massachusetts | Executive Office of Health and Human Services | www.mass.gov/masshealth

MassHealth Disability Evaluation Service

This MassHealth Medical Records Release Form helps us get medical information from your health-care provider so that the MassHealth Disability Evaluation Service (DES) can make a disability determination.

Please read the instructions carefully before you fill out this form. If you leave any sections of this form blank, this permission will not be valid, and the health-care provider will not be able to share your information with the MassHealth DES. If the health-care provider does not share medical information with the MassHealth DES, we will not be able to make a disability determination.

General instructions for filling out the Medical Records Release Form

1.Sign and date a Medical Records Release Form for each doctor, hospital, health center, clinic, or other health-care provider you listed in the Disability Supplement.

2.All signatures must be in ink and must be originals. No copies or stamps of signatures are permitted.

3.Only one signature may appear on a line.

4.If this form is for a child younger than age 18, one parent or legal guardian must sign for the child.

SECTION I

Permission is given for the health-care provider listed in Section II to share the medical information listed in Section III about

with the MassHealth DES.

(Please print name of applicant or member.)

SECTION II

Please print the name of the health-care provider that may share medical information with the MassHealth DES.

Name of doctor, health center, or other health-care provider

Street address

City, state, zip

Phone ( )

SECTION III

The health-care provider listed in Section II above may share the following information with the MassHealth DES to determine eligibility for MassHealth benefits.

All medical records or other information about my treatment, hospitalization, or outpatient care for conditions including

Check here if you do not want the health-care provider to share information about AIDS/HIV status. Check here if you do not want the health-care provider to share information about drug or alcohol use.

MassHealth

Medical Records Release Form

Commonwealth of Massachusetts | Executive Office of Health and Human Services | www.mass.gov/masshealth

MassHealth Disability Evaluation Service

This MassHealth Medical Records Release Form helps us get medical information from your health-care provider so that the MassHealth Disability Evaluation Service (DES) can make a disability determination.

Please read the instructions carefully before you fill out this form. If you leave any sections of this form blank, this permission will not be valid, and the health-care provider will not be able to share your information with the MassHealth DES. If the health-care provider does not share medical information with the MassHealth DES, we will not be able to make a disability determination.

General instructions for filling out the Medical Records Release Form

1.Sign and date a Medical Records Release Form for each doctor, hospital, health center, clinic, or other health-care provider you listed in the Disability Supplement.

2.All signatures must be in ink and must be originals. No copies or stamps of signatures are permitted.

3.Only one signature may appear on a line.

4.If this form is for a child younger than age 18, one parent or legal guardian must sign for the child.

SECTION I

Permission is given for the health-care provider listed in Section II to share the medical information listed in Section III about

with the MassHealth DES.

(Please print name of applicant or member.)

SECTION II

Please print the name of the health-care provider that may share medical information with the MassHealth DES.

Name of doctor, health center, or other health-care provider

Street address

City, state, zip

Phone ( )

SECTION III

The health-care provider listed in Section II above may share the following information with the MassHealth DES to determine eligibility for MassHealth benefits.

All medical records or other information about my treatment, hospitalization, or outpatient care for conditions including

Check here if you do not want the health-care provider to share information about AIDS/HIV status. Check here if you do not want the health-care provider to share information about drug or alcohol use.