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October 22, 2019
Helping Families Obtain Durable Medical Equipment and Supplies Through The California Children’s Services (CCS) Program
Alicia Emanuel and Michelle Lilienfeld Issue Brief
This advocates issue brief provides the framework for accessing Durable Medical Equipment and medical supplies through the California Children's Services (CCS) program, including: a program overview, existing guidance on how to access services in Whole Child Model and non-Whole Child Model counties, considerations when children have Medi-Cal and/or other…
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October 21, 2019
Internal and External Review: Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans Managed Care in California Series Issue No. 4 (Revised October, 2019)
Abigail Coursolle Issue Brief
Federal and state law and the state and federal Constitutions require that enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans receive notice, and grievance and appeal rights when they are denied access to medically necessary services. Frequently, however, enrollees fail to receive the required notice, get an inadequate notice, or do not…
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October 15, 2019
DHS’ Final Rule: Impact of Public Charge on Health Care and Benefits
Mara Youdelman and Priscilla Huang Q&A, Issue Brief
On August 12, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a final rule redefining the term “public charge.” The rule makes fundamental changes to the longstanding application of public charge to the receipt of public benefits for certain immigrants. Nine lawsuits were filed challenging the rule. As of…
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September 23, 2019
The Personal Stories of Those Affected by Indiana’s Section 1115 Waiver
Mara Youdelman Testimony, Issue Brief
Indiana began implementing Medicaid work requirements on January 1, 2019. On December 31, 2019, the State will begin suspending the coverage of individuals who have not met the work requirements. Indiana estimated that once fully implemented, the work requirements would result in roughly 24,000 individuals losing Medicaid coverage each…
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September 23, 2019
Summary of Lawsuit Filed Against HHS Approval of Indiana’s “Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0” Waiver
Litigation Team Issue Brief, Fact Sheet
On February 1, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) approved Indiana’s request to condition Medicaid coverage of needed health care on work requirements. The approval, which extended the “Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0” (HIP 2.0) project, also allows the State to require low-income enrollees to pay…
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August 20, 2019
Issue Brief: A Guide to Proposed and Enacted Legislation for Medicaid Coverage for Doula Care
Alexis Robles Issue Brief
As maternal mortality is increasingly recognized as a national health crisis, especially for women of color, providing doula services to pregnant people is seen as a means of reducing high rates of maternal mortality in the U.S. Although we know that maternal mortality impacts Black women at every level…
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Helping Families Obtain Durable Medical Equipment and Supplies Through The California Children’s Services (CCS) Program

Internal and External Review: Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans Managed Care in California Series Issue No. 4 (Revised October, 2019)

DHS’ Final Rule: Impact of Public Charge on Health Care and Benefits

The Personal Stories of Those Affected by Indiana’s Section 1115 Waiver

Summary of Lawsuit Filed Against HHS Approval of Indiana’s “Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0” Waiver

Issue Brief: A Guide to Proposed and Enacted Legislation for Medicaid Coverage for Doula Care