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  • December 2, 2016

    Amicus Brief: Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri v. Mosier

    NHeLP and other health care and women's advocates filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit urging it to affirm a federal district court's ruling that Kansas was violating the Medicaid Act's free choice of provider provision, by barring federal funding of state…

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  • November 30, 2016

    Lessons from California: Nov

    While Nov. 8 statewide elections in California brought the passage of a number of positive health care related initiatives, the looming Trump administration poses serious threats to health care in California and the nation, writes Staff Attorney Amy Chen in this month's Lessons from California. "Today and in the years…

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  • November 28, 2016

    Health Advocate: The Post-Election State of Our Health

    With a looming Trump administration and conservative majorities in Congress promising to repeal the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, and greatly weaken Medicaid and other public safety net laws, NHeLP D.C. Managing Attorney Mara Youdelman details some of what to expect in the coming year on health care.…

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  • November 1, 2016

    Lessons from California

    Abbi Coursolle and

    Decades after being ordered by a state appeals court to adhere to Medicaid law, California's Medicaid agency, Medi-Cal, starting in 2017 will be required by state law to ensure it is providing transportation services to Medicaid beneficiaries, writes Staff Attorney Abbi Coursolle in this month's Lessons from California. Coursolle…

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  • September 1, 2016

    NHeLP Comments to PERM Regulations

    Leo Cuello and

    In comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NHeLP Director of Health Policy Leonardo Cuello recommends that HHS should make the Payment Error Rate Measurement regulations consistent with the recently released Medicaid managed care regulations and use the Payment Error Rate Measurement process as a tool to promote…

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  • September 1, 2016

    NHeLP Comments to MACRA Regulations

    Leo Cuello and

    In comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NHeLP Director of Health Policy Leonardo Cuello recommends that HHS should improve the Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act regulations to encourage models of care that will provide consumers with high-quality care, and put less emphasis only on increasing provider risk…

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