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January 6, 2022
Section 1115 Waivers: Stop the Ten-Year Approvals
Catherine McKee and Jane Perkins Issue Brief
In 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a policy announcing its intent to “approve the extension of routine, successful, non-complex” section 1115 waivers for a period of up to 10 years. Thereafter, CMS extended a number of projects for 10 years. This issue brief explains how…
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December 16, 2021
NHeLP Comments on HHS SUNSET Repeal Rule
Dania Douglas and Wayne Turner Comments
In the HHS SUNSET final rule, HHS sought to retroactively impose a mandatory expiration date on an estimated 18,000 duly promulgated regulations. Even long-standing rules would be automatically rescinded unless they survive a complex process of assessment and review. If implemented, programs like Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance…
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November 22, 2021
NHeLP Comments on Repeal of the “Good Guidance” Rule
Wayne Turner and Dania Douglas Comments
Guidance documents are a valuable tool that allows agencies to clarify policy issues and explain ambiguities raised by the laws and rules they are tasked with implementing. Programs like Medicaid and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act depend heavily on guidance documents to clarify coverage requirements and the…
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November 11, 2021
Comments: Arkansas Health and Opportuinty for Me (ARHOME) Demonstration Application
Catherine McKee, Jane Perkins, Elizabeth Edwards, and David Machledt Comments
In comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, NHeLP explains that the ARHOME project raises serious legal concerns. The application does not include a sufficient level of detail to allow for meaningful comment on several features of the project. What is clear from the application is that…
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November 3, 2021
Support for the Historic Momnibus & Postpartum Medicaid Investments in the Build Back Better Act
Elizabeth G. Taylor Press Release
The National Health Law Program joined dozens of organizations calling on Congress to include strong maternal health provisions in the Build Back Better Act. Click on the download button to read quotes from additional partner organizations. “The National Health Law Program calls on Congress to pass the Build Back…
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August 23, 2021
Medicaid Retroactive Coverage: Stop these Waivers!
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKee Issue Brief
The Medicaid Act requires states to extend Medicaid coverage retroactively--for up to 3 months prior to the date of application. Retroactive coverage is vital because the need often arises because of the sudden onset of a health care crisis—a stroke, an automobile accident, a dangerous communicable disease, a gunshot…
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Section 1115 Waivers: Stop the Ten-Year Approvals

NHeLP Comments on HHS SUNSET Repeal Rule

NHeLP Comments on Repeal of the “Good Guidance” Rule

Comments: Arkansas Health and Opportuinty for Me (ARHOME) Demonstration Application

Support for the Historic Momnibus & Postpartum Medicaid Investments in the Build Back Better Act

Medicaid Retroactive Coverage: Stop these Waivers!