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October 18, 2022
Model Contraceptive Equity Act: Legislative Language and Issue Brief
Liz McCaman Taylor Guide, NHeLP Matters, Issue Brief, Health Advocate
Updated October 2023. This paper begins with model legislative language that can serve as a template for state advocates seeking to expand contraceptive coverage. The paper concludes with an issue brief explaining the provisions within the Model Contraceptive Equity Act and how they advance equitable access to contraceptive services…
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September 14, 2022
Steps Toward Contraceptive Equity: State Legislative Considerations for the 2023 Session
Liz McCaman Taylor Guide, Fact Sheet, NHeLP Matters, Health Advocate, Consumer Brochure
In the first regular state legislative session post-Dobbs, many state policymakers and advocates may seek to shore up contraceptive access in their communities. NHeLP has created a checklist of considerations for enshrining contraception rights into state law, based on a range of model access policies. The policy considerations span…
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May 16, 2022
Medicaid Coverage of Advanced Practice Prescribing for Reproductive & Sexual Health Medications
Liz McCaman Taylor and Cathren Cohen Guide, NHeLP Matters, Issue Brief, Health Advocate
Advanced practice providers (APPs) are licensed health care practitioners, other than physicians, who may practice independently and bill directly under state law. Public health research supports making a variety of reproductive and sexual health medications available through APPs. There are two primary state policy levers that impact access to…
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May 3, 2022
Scope of Practice and Medicaid: State Flexibility to Cover Advanced Practice Care
Liz McCaman Taylor and Cathren Cohen NHeLP Matters, Issue Brief, Health Advocate
Advanced practice providers (APPs) are licensed health care practitioners, other than physicians, who may practice independently and bill directly under state law. Public health research supports making a variety of services available through APPs. There are two primary state policy levers that impact Medicaid enrollees’ access to advanced practice…
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April 6, 2022
Q&A: Recent EPSDT Cases
Jane Perkins and Amanda Avery Q&A, NHeLP Matters, Health Advocate, Court Document
The Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment provisions are among the most specific in the Medicaid Act. This Fact Sheet summarizes three recent court cases that analyze what states must do to comply with EPSDT and discusses an opinion certifying an EPSDT case as class action.
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January 27, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Georgia Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver
Mara Youdelman NHeLP Matters, Comments, Health Advocate
NHeLP submitted comments during the reopened comment period regarding Georgia's Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver. NHeLP recommends that HHS withdraw its approval of this waiver because it would impose a number of unlawful conditions on coverage and access to care for the marketplace and Medicaid populations.
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Scope of Practice and Medicaid: State Flexibility to Cover Advanced Practice Care

Q&A: Recent EPSDT Cases

NHeLP Comments on Georgia Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver

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Model Contraceptive Equity Act: Legislative Language and Issue Brief

Steps Toward Contraceptive Equity: State Legislative Considerations for the 2023 Session

Medicaid Coverage of Advanced Practice Prescribing for Reproductive & Sexual Health Medications

Scope of Practice and Medicaid: State Flexibility to Cover Advanced Practice Care

Q&A: Recent EPSDT Cases

NHeLP Comments on Georgia Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver