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May 19, 2016
Health Advocate: Medicaid Managed Care Final Regulations Released
Sarah Somers Health Advocate
In this month's Health Advocate, we summarize some of the major provisions in the final rule that are new to Medicaid and identify opportunities for advocates to improve their states' Medicaid managed care programs and ensure that Medicaid beneficiaries have access to the information and services to which they…
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April 20, 2016
Health Advocate: Section 1332 Waivers for State Innovation and Medicaid
Leo Cuello and dfitzgerald Health Advocate
In December 2015, CMS provided guidance on section 1332 waivers and clarified the interactions between section 1332 and Medicaid. In this month's Health Advocate, we detail the "guardrails" for using section 1332 authority, the limits on combining 1332 and Medicaid waivers, and the potential impacts for Medicaid expansion. Ultimately,…
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March 17, 2016
Health Advocate: HCBS State Transition Plans & Implementation Updates
David Machledt Health Advocate
In this month's Health Advocate, we assess CMS regulations that define the home and community-based services (HCBS) delivery system in Medicaid. Two years after regulations were finalized, we are entering a critical phase of the transition planning when states begin to post results from site-specific assessments and submit those…
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February 25, 2016
Health Advocate: Medicaid’s EPSDT in Schools versus the Free Care Rule
Sarah Somers Health Advocate
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January 25, 2016
Health Advocate: 2016: Our New Year’s Resolutions
Mara Youdelman Health Advocate
We're off to a roaring start in 2016 with over 8.5 million individuals enrolled in health insurance through the Marketplaces in the first six weeks of open enrollment 3 (OE3), an increase of over 2 million from the same time last year. And, an additional 13.5 million individuals have…
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July 13, 2015
Health Advocate: The ACA and LGBT Health
Wayne Turner Health Advocate
In this month's Health Advocate, NHeLP examines the issue of health care coverage and some of the important gains and unrealized goals for the LGBT community under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). We also examine ACA outreach and implementation challenges and identify advocacy opportunities to help ensure that health…
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Health Advocate: Medicaid Managed Care Final Regulations Released

Health Advocate: Section 1332 Waivers for State Innovation and Medicaid

Health Advocate: HCBS State Transition Plans & Implementation Updates

Health Advocate: Medicaid’s EPSDT in Schools versus the Free Care Rule

Health Advocate: 2016: Our New Year’s Resolutions

Health Advocate: The ACA and LGBT Health