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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 Even long-standing rules would be automatically rescinded unless they survive a complex process of assessment and review.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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November 1, 2021
Comments: Utah Primary Care Network Extension Request
Catherine McKee, Jane Perkins, and Jennifer Lav Comments
In comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program explains that the initial purpose of the Primary Care Network project, which started nearly 20 years ago as a way to expand coverage to population groups that were not described in the Medicaid Act…
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September 30, 2021
Comments on Reassignment of Medicaid Provider Claims Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Jennifer Lav Comments
These comments support a CMS proposed rule that would allow states to make deductions for health, training, and other standard workplace benefits on behalf of self-directed direct care workers. Enabling these direct care workers to deduct standard employment benefits helps these critical positions be more comparable to other positions…
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September 8, 2021
NHeLP Letter to Congressional Leadership on HCBS and Coverage Gap
Elizabeth G. Taylor, Jennifer Lav, Madeline Morcelle, David Machledt, Mara Youdelman, and Dania Douglas Letter
As the Senate and House move forward on landmark Medicaid legislation, the National Health Law Program urges Congressional leaders to invest the resources necessary to meaningfully increase home and community-based services (HCBS) and to equitably close the Medicaid coverage gap. While we understand that at some points in the…
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August 26, 2021
EPSDT Trends Fact Sheet 2015 – 2019
Daniel Young Fact Sheet
This Fact Sheet is a companion piece to the National Health Law Program’s publication, Children’s Health Under Medicaid. A National Review of Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Services 2015-2019, highlighting trends in EPSDT program performance. The analysis compares states’ reported data in 2019 to what the states…
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NHeLP Comments on HHS SUNSET Repeal Rule

Comments on Reassignment of Medicaid Provider Claims Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

NHeLP Letter to Congressional Leadership on HCBS and Coverage Gap

EPSDT Trends Fact Sheet 2015 – 2019

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NHeLP Comments on HHS SUNSET Repeal Rule

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

Comments: Utah Primary Care Network Extension Request

Comments on Reassignment of Medicaid Provider Claims Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

NHeLP Letter to Congressional Leadership on HCBS and Coverage Gap

EPSDT Trends Fact Sheet 2015 – 2019