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Archives
- December 23, 2019
Letter to CMS Requesting Extension for TennCare II Demonstration Comment Period
Read moreOn Monday, December 23, 2019, the National Health Law Program sent a letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma asking her to extend the public comment period for Tennessee’s section 1115 waiver application that seeks to transform the State’s Medicaid program into a block grant. The CMS comment site is…
- December 19, 2019
Opportunities for Public Comment on HCBS Assessment Tools
Read moreMedicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) are critical to ensuring people with disabilities and older adults are supported in their communities. State Medicaid agencies and their contractors often rely on assessment tools to make eligibility decisions, allocate services, and inform person-centered planning processes. However, these tools can be difficult to…
- December 19, 2019
NHeLP Comments on HHS License to Discriminate Proposed Rule
Read moreEarlier this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) granted South Carolina’s federally funded Title IV-E Foster Care Program a “waiver” from nondiscrimination requirements. The leading foster care provider in the state, Miracle Hill Ministries, refused to place children with non-Protestant families. The agency turned down…
- December 18, 2019
Advocate Fact Sheet: Evaluating Mental Health Plans’ Provision of Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services
Read moreMedi-Cal beneficiaries in California receive mental health services through two separate managed care systems. Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans (MCPs) are responsible for providing non-specialty mental health services and County Mental Health Plans (MHPs) are responsible for providing specialty mental health services (SMHS). This bifurcated system often serves as a…
- December 16, 2019
Sec. 1115 Waiver Tracking Chart
Read moreSec. 1115 of the Social Security Act allows the Secretary of HHS to waive some requirements of the Medicaid Act so that states can test novel approaches to improving medical assistance for low-income people. While historically states have proposed waivers that did indeed propose innovative approaches to improve Medicaid…
- December 6, 2019
Comments: Utah 1115 Demonstration Waiver Amendment
Read moreIn comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to reject Utah's proposed project, which would impose a number of unlawful conditions on coverage and access to care. Utah requested a number of restrictions, including: capping enrollment in the expansion population;…
