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  • Health Advocate: Litigation Round-Up

    This issue of Health Advocate provides NHeLP's annual summary of some of the year's notable court cases. The Supreme Court decided yet another case involving the Affordable Care Act, and it issued a ruling that has sharply curtailed health care providers' ability to obtain court orders requiring state Medicaid…

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  • Health Advocate: Reproductive Health Data and Accountability Project

    This month's Health Advocate details our Reproductive Health Data and Accountability Project, which, in collaboration with the Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health program at the University of California, San Francisco, establishes systems to collect, analyze, and utilize data on access barriers to family planning and abortion services in…

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  • Health Advocate: Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Abbi Coursolle

    This month's Health Advocate reviews the advocacy history that led up to guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to ensure that state EPSDT programs keep up with the evolving standard of care for children. In July 2014, CMS issued a Clarification of Medicaid Coverage of…

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  • Health Advocate: Nondiscrimination and the ACA

    In this month's Health Advocate, NHeLP provides an overview of the proposed regulation implementing Section 1557 of the ACA. Section 1557 updates nondiscrimination provisions to include prohibiting sex, gender identity, and sex stereotyping discrimination, as well as clarifying standards regarding discrimination based on language, disability, and other protected groups.…

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  • Motion to Reconsider Denied: Korean Community Center of the East Bay v. Kent

    External Source

    Plaintiffs, who are organizations representing the interests of and assist Medi-Cal beneficiaries, including many with limited-English proficiency, sought a peremptory writ of mandate and/or declaratory and provisional and permanent injunctive relief to enjoin the State of California from proceeding with the 2014 redetermination process for Medi-Cal beneficiaries until the…

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  • Verified Petition for Writ of Mandate: Korean Community Center of the East Bay v. Douglas

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    Plaintiffs, who are organizations representing the interests of and assist Medi-Cal beneficiaries, including many with limited-English proficiency, seek a peremptory writ of mandate and/or declaratory and provisional and permanent injunctive relief to enjoin the State of California from proceeding with the 2014 redetermination process for Medi-Cal beneficiaries until the…

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