Archive for April, 2015

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April 30, 2015
Lessons from CA: Ending Restrictions on Access to Reproductive Health Services
dfitzgerald Issue Brief
In this month's Lessons from California, we highlight the successful efforts by NHeLP and other advocates to ensure that the California Attorney General imposed robust conditions on the sale of six Daughters of Charity hospitals to a secular system to restore and expand reproductive health services at the hospitals…
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April 28, 2015
Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Care Center
Jane Perkins Court Document
In Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Care Center, 135 S. Ct. 1378 (2015), the Supreme Court held that health care providers cannot bring a case against state Medicaid officials in federal court to enjoin Medicaid payment rates that are arguably inconsistent with the Medicaid Act's payment provision. This issue brief…
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April 21, 2015
Health Advocate: Medicaid Expansion Waivers Update
dfitzgerald Health Advocate
This month's issue of the Health Advocate looks at the dramatic increase of Medicaid expansion waivers after the Supreme Court's 2012 ruling, which raises serious concerns for the integrity of the Medicaid program.
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April 20, 2015
Intrauterine Devices and Implants: A Guide to Reimbursement
dfitzgerald Manual/Report
The Intrauterine Devices and Implants: A Guide to Reimbursement (Second Edition) provides guidance on navigating the stocking, billing, and reimbursement of long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods. This guide was produced in collaboration with the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), National Health…
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April 16, 2015
Q&A: Person Centered Planning Changes
Elizabeth Edwards Issue Brief
Due to regulatory changes and guidance issued over the past year, states should have evaluated and likely changed their person-centered planning process for home and community-based services. This Q&A focuses less on the regulatory changes and more on the important features of the current requirements for person-centered planning and…
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April 10, 2015
Eighth Circuit Ruling in St. Louis Effort for AIDS v. Huff
dfitzgerald Court Document
Ruling in Missouri navigator case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed in part and otherwise vacated the preliminary injunction and remanded the case to the district court.
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