Archive for June, 2015

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June 30, 2015
Lessons From CA: Ensuring Medi-Cal Plans Provide Hepatitis C Treatments
Abbi Coursolle, Kim Lewis, and National Health Law Program Team Issue Brief
In this month's Lessons from California, we highlight the successful efforts by NHeLP and other advocates to ensure that the California provides broad access to treatment for hepatitis C in its Medi-Cal managed care program.
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June 30, 2015
NHeLP Comments on Out-of-Pocket (OOP) Cost Comparison Tool for the Federally-Facilitated Marketplaces
National Health Law Program Team Comments
NHeLP comments on May 29, 2015 CMS Bulletin on Proposed Out-of-Pocket (OOP) Cost Comparison Tool for the Federally-facilitated Marketplaces (FFMs). The Tool adds a critical new mechanism for consumers to evaluate and select the most appropriate plan to suit their needs and may help them more easily weigh the effect of…
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June 29, 2015
Health Consumer Alliance Letter to California Department of Health Services
Abbi Coursolle and Kim Lewis Letter
The HCA commends DHCS for expanding the utilization policy to increase the number of people living with hepatitis C who are eligible for treatment through Medi-Cal. This draft makes several important changes to the previous policy, including recognizing that treatment is often clinically appropriate for people with less-advanced stages…
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June 22, 2015
EHB Prescription Drug Standard Issue No. 3 – Mail-Order Pharmacies
Wayne Turner and Shyaam Subramanian 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 of…
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June 15, 2015
NHeLP Matters – June 2015
National Health Law Program Team NHeLP Matters
Summary of recent accomplishments of NHeLP, including implementing the Affordable Care Act, expanding Medicaid and protecting women's health.
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June 12, 2015
Health Advocate: Medicaid Managed Care: Modernized Federal Regulations Have Finally Been Released
Sarah Somers Health Advocate
On June 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule that overhauls the Medicaid managed care regulations for the first time since 2002. These changes will not only affect millions of Medicaid beneficiaries, but will have a profound impact on providers, health plans and state…
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