Archive for October, 2016

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October 31, 2016
Comments on OMB Plan to Revise Standards on Reporting of Race and Ethnicity Data
National Health Law Program Team Comments
NHeLP provided comments on the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) plan to revise its Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. NHeLP urged OMB to ensure detailed and accurate reporting of racial and ethnicity data. NHeLP stated, "Maintaining or improving upon…
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October 27, 2016
Health Advocate: Oral Health Update
Michelle Lilienfeld Health Advocate
In this month's Health Advocate, Senior Attorney Michelle Lilienfeld examines the status of oral health of our most vulnerable populations. Beyond coverage issues, Lilienfeld explores some of the other barriers preventing children and adults living on limited incomes from accessing quality oral health care services. For instance, many dental…
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October 24, 2016
Health Advocates Urge CHIP Extension
External Source and National Health Law Program Team Letter
NHeLP joins other national health care and children's advocacy groups urging Congress to extend the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). CHIP was first enacted in 1997 to provide funding to states to reduce the numbers of uninsured children, focusing on low income children in working families who don't have…
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October 18, 2016
J.E.M. et al. v. Kinkade, Western District of Missouri
Litigation Team Cases
Missouri Medicaid beneficiaries with hepatitis C brought a lawsuit to challenge Missouri’s policy denying them access to direct-acting antiretroviral (DAA) medications, which clinical studies have shown cures the disease in more than 90% to 95% of cases. Without treatment, the hepatitis C virus can result in significant liver deterioration…
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October 14, 2016
Issue Brief 7: Medicaid Managed Care Final Regulations: BSS
Elizabeth Edwards Issue Brief
Senior Attorney Elizabeth Edwards provides analysis and guidance on the updated rule regarding managed care plans in Medicaid, and how it relates to new requirements around beneficiary support systems (BSS). Edwards explains that the updated rule, adopted this year by the U.S. Department of of Health and Human Services…
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October 6, 2016
NHeLP Comments on ACA Proposed Rule on Benefit and Payment Parameters
National Health Law Program Team Comments
NHeLP provides comments on a proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) setting forth payment parameters and provisions related to the risk adjustment program; cost sharing parameters and reductions; user fees for the federally operated and state-based marketplaces; and guidance related to an array…
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Comments on OMB Plan to Revise Standards on Reporting of Race and Ethnicity Data

Health Advocate: Oral Health Update

Health Advocates Urge CHIP Extension

J.E.M. et al. v. Kinkade, Western District of Missouri

Issue Brief 7: Medicaid Managed Care Final Regulations: BSS

NHeLP Comments on ACA Proposed Rule on Benefit and Payment Parameters