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June 29, 2015
Health Consumer Alliance Letter to California Department of Health Services
Abbi Coursolle and Kim Lewis Letter
The HCA commends DHCS for expanding the utilization policy to increase the number of people living with hepatitis C who are eligible for treatment through Medi-Cal. This draft makes several important changes to the previous policy, including recognizing that treatment is often clinically appropriate for people with less-advanced stages…
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June 15, 2015
NHeLP Matters – June 2015
dfitzgerald NHeLP Matters
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June 12, 2015
Health Advocate: Medicaid Managed Care: Modernized Federal Regulations Have Finally Been Released
Sarah Somers Health Advocate
On June 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule that overhauls the Medicaid managed care regulations for the first time since 2002. These changes will not only affect millions of Medicaid beneficiaries, but will have a profound impact on providers, health plans and state…
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May 18, 2015
Health Advocate: Home & Community-Based Services
Elizabeth Edwards Health Advocate
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May 14, 2015
Survey of Medicaid Managed Care Contracts: EPSDT Vision and Hearing Services
Jane Perkins, Sarah Somers, and External Source Issue Brief
An estimated 25 percent of all school children in the United States have some type of vision problem significant enough to affect daily life and school performance. Similarly, despite the proliferation of hospital-based newborn hearing screening programs, a significant number of children with possible hearing loss are not receiving…
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May 12, 2015
Issue Brief: Vision Services for Children on Medicaid A Review of EPSDT Services
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKee Issue Brief
A significant number of children in the United States are living with undiagnosed vision problems, and low-income children and children of color are disproportionately affected. Most low-income children qualify for health insurance through their state's Medicaid program. Medicaid offers enrolled children a comprehensive benefit, called Early and Periodic Screening,…
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