Archive for May, 2015

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May 29, 2015
Lessons From CA: Essential Health Benefits
Michelle Lilienfeld Issue Brief
Introduced by the Affordable Care Act, the Essential Health Benefits (EHBs) are a set of ten health care service categories that non-grandfathered health plans in the individual and small group markets must cover. States are in the process of making important decisions about the EHBs, therefore this is a…
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May 18, 2015
Health Advocate: Home & Community-Based Services
Elizabeth Edwards Health Advocate
This month's issue of the Health Advocate offers guidance for advocates and a review of existing state-based transition plans to improve their HCBS programs.
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May 14, 2015
Survey of Medicaid Managed Care Contracts: EPSDT Vision and Hearing Services
Jane Perkins, Sarah Somers, and External Source Issue Brief
An estimated 25 percent of all school children in the United States have some type of vision problem significant enough to affect daily life and school performance. Similarly, despite the proliferation of hospital-based newborn hearing screening programs, a significant number of children with possible hearing loss are not receiving…
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May 12, 2015
Issue Brief: Vision Services for Children on Medicaid A Review of EPSDT Services
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKee Issue Brief
A significant number of children in the United States are living with undiagnosed vision problems, and low-income children and children of color are disproportionately affected. Most low-income children qualify for health insurance through their state's Medicaid program. Medicaid offers enrolled children a comprehensive benefit, called Early and Periodic Screening,…
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May 12, 2015
Protect Medicaid Funding: Women’s Health, Issue 2
National Health Law Program Team Issue Brief
This second issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series focuses on the impact to women's health. Medicaid provides critical health care coverage, including family planning services, for tens-of-millions of low-income women. Cutting or capping the Medicaid funding would jeopardize the health and financial security of these women.
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May 8, 2015
EHB Prescription Drug Standard – Exceptions Process
Michelle Lilienfeld Issue Brief
Introduced by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Essential Health Benefits (EHB) are a set of ten health care service categories that plans must cover. One of the ten categories of benefits is prescription drugs. On February 20th, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the Notice…
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