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  • NHeLP Comments on Arkansas’ Amended Sec. 1115 Waiver Project

    In comments to the U.S. Department of of Health and Human Services (HHS), NHeLP urges the department to reject Arkansas' amended Sec. 1115 Medicaid waiver demonstration project because it is procedurally and substantively flawed and would flout Medicaid law. For example, Arkansas seeks to impose a work requirement on…

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  • Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Reproductive Health

    Fabiola Carrión

    California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, provides vital and comprehensive reproductive health care for millions of low-income women in the state that would be endangered if efforts in Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act and impose draconian cuts on the Medicaid program are successful , writes Senior Attorney Fabiola Carrión…

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  • NHeLP Comments on Kentucky’s Modified Sec. 1115 Waiver

    In comments to the U.S. Department of of Health and Human Services, NHeLP urges the department to reject Kentucky's modified application for a Sec. 1115 demonstration waiver project. NHeLP's comments incorporate its comments to the Kentucky's initial waiver application. Kentucky's modified waiver application seeks the ability to impose work…

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  • NHeLP Comments on ‘Healthy Texas Women’ Sec. 1115 Waiver Project

    In comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NHeLP urges the department to reject Texas' so-called "Healthy Texas Women" Medicaid demonstration waiver. The comments submitted by NHeLP Legal Director Jane Perkins note that HHS has limited ability to waive provisions of Medicaid law. HHS "may only…

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  • Q&A on Non-Medical Transportation and Reproductive Health Services

    In this Q&A, Senior Attorney Amy Chen examines Medi-Cal's Non-Medical Transportation Services (NMT) and discusses, not only, the robust number of the services provided to Medi-Cal enrollees, but also explains how NMT enables vulnerable communities to access the state's comprehensive health care services, including access to reproductive health services.

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  • Medicaid EPSDT Litigation Trends

    Legal Director Jane Perkins explores litigation involving Medicaid's Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) program. Perkins provides a brief overview of EPSDT -- for example the foundation of the program requires mandatory screenings for children and youth under 21. The medical screens are: vision, hearing, dental, and…

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