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June 11, 2021
Helping Families Obtain Durable Medical Equipment and Supplies Through The California Children’s Services (CCS) Program
Alicia Emanuel and Michelle Lilienfeld Issue Brief
This advocates issue brief provides the framework for accessing Durable Medical Equipment and medical supplies through the California Children's Services (CCS) program, including: a program overview, existing guidance on how to access services in Whole Child Model and traditional counties, considerations when children have Medi-Cal and/or other health coverage,…
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June 10, 2021
NHeLP AHRQ Comments
Elizabeth Edwards, David Machledt, Skyler Rosellini, and Liz McCaman Taylor Comments, Issue Brief
In these comments, NHeLP responds to a request for information from AHRQ regarding the use of clinical algorithms that have the potential to introduce racial/ethnic bias into healthcare delivery. Using our long history of litigation and advocacy on issues that involve the use of automated decision-making systems, including algorithms,…
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June 8, 2021
Medicaid Section 1115 Waivers for Substance Use Disorders: A Review
Cathren Cohen, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, and Alexis Robles-Fradet
The United States continues to experience a public health crisis related to substance use disorders (SUD) and an overdose epidemic that has only been exacerbated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Medicaid is currently the largest payer of SUD services. Despite this coverage and the availability of evidence-based treatments, most individuals…
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June 7, 2021
Medicaid Coverage of Medication Abortion Delivered via Telehealth
Fabiola De Liban, Madeline Morcelle, and Alexis Robles-Fradet Issue Brief
The COVID-19 public health emergency has shown the need to increase access to health services through telehealth, including for Medicaid beneficiaries. A year into the pandemic, millions of people have accessed services via telehealth. The need and desire for telehealth will persist after the pandemic ends, particularly for individuals…
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June 1, 2021
Retaining Medicaid COVID-19 Changes to Support Community Living
Elizabeth Edwards, David Machledt, and Jennifer Lav
This article was originally published in the "Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy." The impact of COVID-19 on people with disabilities in institutional settings, like nursing facilities, has garnered significant attention. But people receiving comparable services in the community have also been affected significantly. States used…
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Helping Families Obtain Durable Medical Equipment and Supplies Through The California Children’s Services (CCS) Program

NHeLP AHRQ Comments

Medicaid Section 1115 Waivers for Substance Use Disorders: A Review

Medicaid Coverage of Medication Abortion Delivered via Telehealth

Retaining Medicaid COVID-19 Changes to Support Community Living