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April 14, 2020
Essential Health Benefits (EHB) benchmarking process
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Wayne Turner Issue Brief, Fact Sheet
The Essential Health Benefits (EHB) benchmarking process has been significantly modified throughout the years to provide states with increasing flexibility to either make harmful cuts to coverage or improve coverage. The current benchmarking process, finalized in 2017, established a new ceiling on the generosity of benefits provided under the…
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April 14, 2020
Fact Sheet on Telehealth and Medicaid during COVID-19
Fabiola De Liban Fact Sheet
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) define telehealth as the use of telecommunications and information technology to provide access to health assessment, diagnosis, intervention, consultation, supervision, and information across distances. States have broad authority to decide how to cover telehealth for the delivery of Medicaid-covered services, including…
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April 8, 2020
Medi-Cal Telehealth Guidance During the COVID-19 Emergency
Fabiola De Liban Fact Sheet
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of telehealth in delivering critical health care when people are not able to receive health services and supplies in person. Consequently, the state is implementing many policy changes to make sure that Californians are receiving the health care they need. Fortunately, California…
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April 8, 2020
Telehealth Guidance for California Private Plans During the COVID-19 Emergency
Abigail Coursolle Fact Sheet
In California, most private health coverage plans are regulated by one of two regulators. California’s Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) licenses most fully-insured health maintenance organization (HMO) plans in California, including most Covered California plans, and many private individual, small, and large group plans. The DMHC also regulates…
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April 2, 2020
Overview of the Medicaid-Related Provisions of the Coronavirus Response Packages
Hannah Eichner Fact Sheet
Over the past few weeks, Congress has passed several laws in response to the coronavirus pandemic. This fact sheet summarizes the provisions of these laws that affect Medicaid. The laws include many important policies to ensure individuals have the health care coverage they need during the pandemic– including enhanced federal…
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March 30, 2020
COVID-19 Changes to HCBS Using Appendix K: Approval Trends
Elizabeth Edwards Fact Sheet
States have many options for adjusting their Medicaid services to best meet evolving needs under the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the important mechanisms for ensuring people with disabilities have access to the home and community-based services (HCBS) they need to stay safely at home is an Appendix K to…
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Essential Health Benefits (EHB) benchmarking process

Fact Sheet on Telehealth and Medicaid during COVID-19

Medi-Cal Telehealth Guidance During the COVID-19 Emergency

Telehealth Guidance for California Private Plans During the COVID-19 Emergency

Overview of the Medicaid-Related Provisions of the Coronavirus Response Packages

COVID-19 Changes to HCBS Using Appendix K: Approval Trends