NH Medicaid Open Enrollment Coming; Public Forums Planned

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services will host 12 community forums during October and November for providers about open enrollment for the new Medicaid Care Management program. 

Open enrollment is the time when Medicaid recipients select a health plan. These forums are for anyone who works with New Hampshire Medicaid recipients or oversees agencies and organizations that deliver services to recipients. Others are also welcome to attend if interested.

DHHS is holding the sessions in an effort to gather feedback and suggestions from New Hampshire Medicaid providers on what they and their clients are experiencing during the open enrollment period. There will be a brief presentation that will include an update on enrollment to date, Medicaid recipients' enrollment experience, MCM implementation activities, a review of the timeline that moves the program forward to the Dec. 1, 2013 start date, and resources and information available to providers who wish to assist their clients. Most of the session will be spent hearing from providers and responding to their questions.

All 12 forums will cover the same information, so people need to attend only one session. Attendees are requested to register due to space limitations.

The forum schedule is as follows:

• Oct. 1 in Keene - Keene Public Library, 60 Winter St., 5:30 to 7 p.m.
• Oct. 3 in Dover - Dover Middle School, 16 Daley Drive, 5:30 to 7 p.m.
• Oct. 10 in Concord - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Hall, 48 Airport Road, 5:30 to 7 p.m.
• Oct. 15 in Portsmouth - Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Ave., 5:30 to 7 p.m.
• Oct. 17 in Manchester - Manchester Health Department, 1528 Elm St., 5:30 to 7 p.m.
• Oct. 21 in Conway - Kennett Middle School, 176 Main St., 5:30 to 7 p.m.
• Oct. 24 in Littleton - Littleton High, 159 Oak Hill Ave., 5:30 to 7 p.m.
• Oct. 28 in Claremont - Claremont Savings Bank, 145 Broad St., 5:30 to 7 p.m.
• Oct. 29 in Laconia - Laconia Middle School, 150 McGrath St., 5:30 to 7 p.m.
• Nov. 4 in Derry - Municipal Center, 14 Manning St., 5:30 to 7 p.m.
• Nov. 6 in Nashua - Nashua High School South, 36 Riverside Drive, 5:30 to 7 p.m.
• Nov. 7 in Berlin - Berlin Middle School, 200 State St., 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Other important things you should know today:

• In case you missed it, friends of the two men found dead in Hampton River mourned them and spoke about the circumstances leading up to men's drownings.
• Lane Memorial Library is hosting a free showing of "The Big Wedding" at 5:30 p.m. as part of the Ladies' Night Out series.
• The New Hampshire Statewide Trails Advisory Committee, established in RSA 216-F:5, will meet at 7 p.m. at the Department of Resources and Economic Development at 172 Pembroke Road in Concord.