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- February 6, 2023
Ten Ways the “Better Care Better Jobs Act” Helps Older Adults & People with Disabilities
Read moreMedicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) play a critical role in helping people with disabilities and older adults to receive the care and support they need, at home, in their communities. Years of underfunding and neglect have left HCBS systems struggling to cope with demand, resulting in long-waitlists…
- February 1, 2023
CMS Establishes Guardrails for Section 1115 Demonstrations for Justice-Involved Individuals in California Waiver
Read moreSince Medicaid’s inception, the program has not covered services for any adult who is an “inmate of a public institution,." However, CMS recently granted a first-of-its-kind section 1115 “reentry demonstration” in California, creating a temporary, limited carve-out to the "inmate exclusion." Under the terms of the demonstration, California will…
- November 21, 2022
NHeLP comments on New Hampshire SUD/SMI/SED Treatment and Recovery Access Demonstration Extension Request
Read moreIn comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program asks the Secretary to reject New Hampshire's request to waive the IMD exclusion. We further urges HHS to reject the request to obtain federal funding for children that are in IMDs. Last, to the…
- November 8, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Eligibility and Enrollment Proposed
Dania Douglas, Elizabeth Edwards, Alicia Emanuel, Charly Gilfoil, Jennifer Lav, Kimberly Lewis, David Machledt, Sarah Somers, Wayne Turner, and Mara Youdelman Comments, Health AdvocateRead moreNHeLP submitted comments on the Department of Health and Human Services' Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on streamlining the Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Basic Health Program application, eligibility determination, enrollment and renewal processes. The proposed rule seeks to simplify the processes for eligible individuals to enroll and…
- November 1, 2022
Joint comment letter: Temporary Increase in Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) in Response to the COVID–19 Public Health Emergency (PHE); Reopening of Public Comment Period
Read moreIn the last days of the Trump administration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized an Interim Final Rule (IFR) that creates exceptions to the Medicaid continuous coverage requirements in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The IFR allows states to reduce benefits and terminate eligibility in…
- October 5, 2022
Comments on Missouri Section 1115 Request for Federal Funding for Institutions for Mental Disease (IMDs) for Children and Adults
Read moreIn these comments, NHeLP urges HHS to reject Missouri's request for federal financial participation for institutions for mental disease, as increasing federal funding for institutional care risks serious harm, particularly for children. NHeLP objects to the use of Section 1115 for this purpose, and to the request to eliminate…