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April 14, 2022
NHeLP comments on Oregon’s application for renewal of the Oregon Health Plan § 1115(a) Demonstration Waiver for 2022-2027
Sarah Somers and Wayne Turner Comments
In public comments, NHeLP expresses support for Oregon's decision to abandon its waiver of EPSDT. However, NHeLP strongly opposes Oregon's proposal to exclude outpatient prescription drugs approved under the FDA's accelerated approval pathway. Denying Medicaid enrollees access to effective break-through therapies would harm people with serious or life-threatening medical…
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March 16, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Adding Race/Ethnicity to Medicare Part C & D Enrollment Form
Charly Gilfoil Comments
NHeLP submitted comments on the proposed 2023 Medicare Parts C & D Model Enrollment Form. For the first time, CMS will require plans to collect the race and ethnicity of individuals enrolling in Medicare Advantage or the Prescription Drug Program on the enrollment form. In our comments, we urge…
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January 27, 2022
NHeLP Comments on 2023 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters Proposed Rule
Mara Youdelman, Dania Douglas, Wayne Turner, David Machledt, Cathren Cohen, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Abigail Coursolle, Alicia Emanuel, Elizabeth Edwards, and Charly Gilfoil Comments
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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 Even long-standing rules would be automatically rescinded unless they survive a complex process of assessment and review.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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December 8, 2021
NHeLP Comments on the No Surprises Act Interim Final Rule, Part 2
Skyler Rosellini Comments
In December 2020, Congress passed the No Surprises Act; a federal effort to protect people from surprise medical bills. Medical debt is a growing issue across the U.S., especially for the uninsured and underinsured. Starting January 1, 2022, these new rules take effect and will ban surprise bills for…
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September 15, 2021
Comments on NIST Proposal for Identifying & Managing Bias in AI
Elizabeth Edwards Comments
As awareness grows of the biases baked into artificial intelligence and other automated decision making, and the real world impacts of these systems on people, federal agencies like the National Institute of Standards and Technology are developing risk management frameworks for these systems. NHeLP submitted comments on NIST's recent…
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NHeLP comments on Oregon’s application for renewal of the Oregon Health Plan § 1115(a) Demonstration Waiver for 2022-2027

NHeLP Comments on Adding Race/Ethnicity to Medicare Part C & D Enrollment Form

NHeLP Comments on 2023 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters Proposed Rule

NHeLP Comments on HHS SUNSET Repeal Rule

Comments on NIST Proposal for Identifying & Managing Bias in AI

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NHeLP comments on Oregon’s application for renewal of the Oregon Health Plan § 1115(a) Demonstration Waiver for 2022-2027

NHeLP Comments on Adding Race/Ethnicity to Medicare Part C & D Enrollment Form

NHeLP Comments on 2023 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters Proposed Rule

NHeLP Comments on HHS SUNSET Repeal Rule

NHeLP Comments on the No Surprises Act Interim Final Rule, Part 2

Comments on NIST Proposal for Identifying & Managing Bias in AI