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March 9, 2015
Essential Health Benefits Update and Advocacy Opportunities
Michelle Lilienfeld Issue Brief
On February 20th, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services issued the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2016 final rule (Final Rule 2016), which among changes in other areas, finalized changes to the Essential Health Benefits (EHB) standard. This fact sheet provides an overview of 1)…
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March 6, 2015
Fact Sheet: Medicaid Managed Care Litigation
Sarah Somers Issue Brief
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March 6, 2015
Behavioral Health: Medicaid, Managed Care and Children More Questions to Ask
dfitzgerald Issue Brief
NHeLP has prepared a list of questions consumers should ask as their states begin working on developing or redesigning their Medicaid managed care programs (Medicaid Managed Care: 20 Questions to Ask Your State, National Health Law Program). This document lists additional questions to ask when behavioral health populations are being either included…
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March 6, 2015
Medicaid Managed Care: 20 Questions to Ask Your State
dfitzgerald Issue Brief
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March 4, 2015
Key Takeaways for Medicaid Health Expense Accounts
David Machledt Issue Brief
States reluctant to accept federal funds for the Affordable Care Act's adult Medicaid expansion have proposed health expense accounts as a mechanism to "brand" their expansion as different. These accounts add administrative complexity, cost, and likely impede beneficiaries' access to care. The Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP), implemented in 2008…
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March 4, 2015
Q&A: Health Expense Accounts in Medicaid
David Machledt and Jane Perkins Issue Brief
In considering whether to accept federal funds for the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) adult Medicaid expansion, several states have turned to approaches that establish individual accounts for beneficiaries to manage their Medicaid expenses. The Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP), implemented in 2008 and renewed with changes in 2015, was the first demonstration…
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