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  • January 6, 2017

    Is Repeal of ACA a Done Deal? Hardly.

    In a piece for The National Law Journal, NHeLP Board member and former Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, Jr., and NHeLP Executive Director Elizabeth G. Taylor, explore the tough questions that are not asked of the lawmakers who are leading the charge to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Americans deserve…

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  • October 31, 2016

    Comments on OMB Plan to Revise Standards on Reporting of Race and Ethnicity Data

    NHeLP provided comments on the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) plan to revise its Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. NHeLP urged OMB to ensure detailed and accurate reporting of racial and ethnicity data. NHeLP stated, "Maintaining or improving upon…

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  • October 6, 2016

    NHeLP Comments on ACA Proposed Rule on Benefit and Payment Parameters

    NHeLP provides comments on a proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) setting forth payment parameters and provisions related to the risk adjustment program; cost sharing parameters and reductions; user fees for the federally operated and state-based marketplaces; and guidance related to an array…

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  • September 30, 2016

    1332 Waiver

    Western Center on Law & Poverty, NHeLP and the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County in a letter to the chair and board members of Covered California, the state's marketplace, provide comments on formulation of an innovation waiver that would allow more undocumented immigrants to purchase health insurance…

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  • September 30, 2016

    Comments on the Draft 2017 Letter

    NHeLP provides comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) draft letter to issuers in the Federally Facilitated Marketplaces (FFMs). NHeLP provides comment on a number of matters including guidance and suggestions on standardized plan options, on network adequacy of Qualified Health Plans, Essential Community Providers, Discriminatory Benefit…

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  • September 1, 2016

    NHeLP Comments to PERM Regulations

    Leo Cuello and

    In comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NHeLP Director of Health Policy Leonardo Cuello recommends that HHS should make the Payment Error Rate Measurement regulations consistent with the recently released Medicaid managed care regulations and use the Payment Error Rate Measurement process as a tool to promote…

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