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August 28, 2024
Medicaid Advisory Committees: Best Practices for Effective Stakeholder Engagement
Daniel Young and Wayne Turner Issue Brief
Although Medical Care Advisory Committees (MCACs) have been federally required for nearly forty years, some states have seriously underutilized this opportunity to monitor and improve their Medicaid programs. In May 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated regulations implementing MCACs. New requirements for the renamed Medicaid…
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August 14, 2024
Medi-Cal Intensive Care Coordination (ICC) & Intensive Home Based Services (IHBS): Access Standards and Beneficiary Rights
Carly Myers and Kim Lewis Fact Sheet
Some county mental health plans (MHPs) have policies and practices on ICC and IHBS that do not comply with state law and policy, such as imposing additional eligibility criteria or requiring prior authorization for ICC. This factsheet reviews the correct legal standards for ICC and IHBS access and outlines…
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July 9, 2024
NHeLP Statement for the Record on the Need to Expand Intensive Home and Community-Based Behavioral Health Services
Geron Gadd and Jennifer Lav Testimony
NHeLP submitted the following Statement for the Record in response to the Senate Committee on Finance's Hearing on "Youth Residential Treatment Facilities: Examining Failures and Evaluating Solutions." The statement highlights the need for focused expansion of quality intensive home and community-based Medicaid services, in order to meaningfully address the…
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April 24, 2024
Know Your Appeal Rights for the California Children’s Services Program
Skyler Rosellini, Alexis Robles-Fradet, and Kimberly Lewis Fact Sheet
The CCS Program can often be challenging to navigate for families with children with complex health needs. CCS children and their families who experience delays, denials, reductions, discontinuances or other changes to their CCS benefits have the right to appeal, including CCS children with Medi-Cal who have the additional…
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March 25, 2024
Comments on Montana Healing and Ending Addiction through Recovery and Treatment (HEART) 1115 Demonstration Waiver Amendment Application
Jennifer Lav Comments
In comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to reject Montana's request to obtain federal financial participation (FFP) for long-term stays for children in certain institutional settings (IMDs).
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January 30, 2024
FAQ: Medi-Cal Managed Care Enrollment for Foster Youth
Abigail Coursolle and Carly Myers Fact Sheet
This FAQ answers common questions about when children and youth in California's child welfare system about enrolling in Medi-Cal managed care plans.
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Medicaid Advisory Committees: Best Practices for Effective Stakeholder Engagement

Medi-Cal Intensive Care Coordination (ICC) & Intensive Home Based Services (IHBS): Access Standards and Beneficiary Rights

NHeLP Statement for the Record on the Need to Expand Intensive Home and Community-Based Behavioral Health Services

Know Your Appeal Rights for the California Children’s Services Program

Comments on Montana Healing and Ending Addiction through Recovery and Treatment (HEART) 1115 Demonstration Waiver Amendment Application

FAQ: Medi-Cal Managed Care Enrollment for Foster Youth