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May 7, 2024
NHeLP Comments on “Healthy Texas Women” Sec. 1115 Waiver Project Extension Request
Christina Piecora Comments
In comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NHeLP urges the department to reject Texas’ request to continue waiving freedom of choice in its so-called “Healthy Texas Women” Medicaid demonstration waiver. The comments note that HHS “may only approve an application that proposes an experiment, pilot,…
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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
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March 12, 2024
Pharmacy Billing for Contraception
Christina Piecora and Liz McCaman Taylor Issue Brief
This white paper provides an overview of the systemic and individual payer-based barriers to full implementation of pharmacist prescribing policies. Barriers analyzed include the division of medical and pharmacy benefits, complex billing technology, the constant need for payer guidance, and lack of clarity from agencies within the U.S. Department…
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March 8, 2024
NHeLP’s Framing and Language in the Doula Medicaid Project
Michelle Yiu Issue Brief
In recent years, NHeLP has encountered discussions regarding the problematic etymology of the term “doula” as associated with slavery. Given this, NHeLP began conducting research and internal discussions on whether we should reconsider our use of the term within our advocacy work. Because we are not doulas, we engaged…
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February 7, 2024
AMICUS: Planned Parenthood of Montana v. Montana, Supreme Court of the State of Montana
Catherine McKee Court Document, Cases
In 2023, Montana imposed severe restrictions on coverage of abortion services for individuals enrolled in Medicaid. Reproductive health providers filed suit, arguing that the restrictions violate the Montana Constitution. The lower court granted the Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction, and the State appealed. NHeLP filed an amicus brief…
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January 23, 2024
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Doula Care from a Public Health Framework
Ariel Eastburn, Erin Hubbard, Ashley Mitchell, and Amy Chen Issue Brief
Doula care continues to be heralded as a promising approach to help address the maternal health crisis in the United States. This report seeks to present a broad cost-benefit analysis of public reimbursement for doula services nationally with a public health and Reproductive Justice lens. We summarize the cost…
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NHeLP Comments on “Healthy Texas Women” Sec. 1115 Waiver Project Extension Request

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

Pharmacy Billing for Contraception

NHeLP’s Framing and Language in the Doula Medicaid Project

AMICUS: Planned Parenthood of Montana v. Montana, Supreme Court of the State of Montana

A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Doula Care from a Public Health Framework