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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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May 27, 2021
Juvenile Justice Laws Provide Model for Improving Health Care Access for Individuals Leaving Incarceration
Andrew Hayes and Cathren Cohen Health Equity, Uncategorized
Transitioning from incarceration to the community without services and supports is medically risky, especially for people who are incarcerated with Substance Use Disorders (SUD). Studies have found that the mortality rate for people recently released from prison is twelve times higher than the general population. This troubling trend is…
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April 27, 2021
Alabama Section 1115 Institutions for Mental Disease Waiver for Serious Mental Illness Comments
Cathren Cohen and Jennifer Lav Comments
In comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to reject Alabama’s proposed request to waive the Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) exclusion. First, the Secretary may only waive requirements of the federal Medicaid Act to conduct an experiment or test…
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March 15, 2021
Gender-Affirming Care for Youth is Good Health Care
Skyler Rosellini, Abigail Coursolle, and Cathren Cohen Best of 2021 Blogs, Health Equity
Imagine that you are a parent to a child who needs medical treatment for a serious medical condition that impacts their daily life. Your child’s medical providers all agree that this treatment is the best way to ameliorate the symptoms of your child’s condition, and the risks are low.…
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February 16, 2021
To End the Pandemic, California Must Prioritize Equity in Vaccine Distribution
Cathren Cohen california, Coronavirus, Health Equity, Immigrant Health
It has now been over a year since the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in California, and, while the vaccine rollout has brought hope that the pandemic will eventually be behind us, distribution problems threaten that progress. At this point, we know who is at greatest risk of…
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October 30, 2020
To Reduce Substance Abuse and Overdoses, California Should Embrace Supervised Consumption Services
Cathren Cohen california, Homepage
Despite California’s progress in preventing opioid overdose deaths, over 2,400 Californians still die each year due to opioid overdoses, a number that is expected to increase due to COVID-19. This Substance Abuse Prevention Month, as lawmakers and state advocates consider policies to reduce drug overdoses, they should consider supervised…
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Medicaid Section 1115 Waivers for Substance Use Disorders: A Review

Juvenile Justice Laws Provide Model for Improving Health Care Access for Individuals Leaving Incarceration

Alabama Section 1115 Institutions for Mental Disease Waiver for Serious Mental Illness Comments

Gender-Affirming Care for Youth is Good Health Care

To End the Pandemic, California Must Prioritize Equity in Vaccine Distribution

To Reduce Substance Abuse and Overdoses, California Should Embrace Supervised Consumption Services