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June 10, 2021
NHeLP AHRQ Comments
Elizabeth Edwards, David Machledt, Skyler Rosellini, and Liz McCaman Taylor Comments, Issue Brief
In these comments, NHeLP responds to a request for information from AHRQ regarding the use of clinical algorithms that have the potential to introduce racial/ethnic bias into healthcare delivery. Using our long history of litigation and advocacy on issues that involve the use of automated decision-making systems, including algorithms,…
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June 8, 2021
Medicaid Section 1115 Waivers for Substance Use Disorders: A Review
Cathren Cohen, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, and Alexis Robles-Fradet
The United States continues to experience a public health crisis related to substance use disorders (SUD) and an overdose epidemic that has only been exacerbated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Medicaid is currently the largest payer of SUD services. Despite this coverage and the availability of evidence-based treatments, most individuals…
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June 7, 2021
Medicaid Coverage of Medication Abortion Delivered via Telehealth
Fabiola De Liban, Madeline Morcelle, and Alexis Robles-Fradet Issue Brief
The COVID-19 public health emergency has shown the need to increase access to health services through telehealth, including for Medicaid beneficiaries. A year into the pandemic, millions of people have accessed services via telehealth. The need and desire for telehealth will persist after the pandemic ends, particularly for individuals…
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May 27, 2021
Juvenile Justice Laws Provide Model for Improving Health Care Access for Individuals Leaving Incarceration
Andrew Hayes and Cathren Cohen Health Equity, Uncategorized
Transitioning from incarceration to the community without services and supports is medically risky, especially for people who are incarcerated with Substance Use Disorders (SUD). Studies have found that the mortality rate for people recently released from prison is twelve times higher than the general population. This troubling trend is…
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May 26, 2021
NHeLP Files “Friend of Court” Brief to Protect Access to Promised Behavioral Health Care
Elizabeth Edwards and Abigail Coursolle Amicus Blogs, Best of 2021 Blogs, california, Disability
Millions of people in the U.S. need mental health and substance use disorder services, collectively known as behavioral health, but do not get them. Despite the high numbers of people who need behavioral health care, people often have trouble accessing the care they need. Last week, NHeLP along with…
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May 26, 2021
Wit v. United Behavioral Health Care, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Abigail Coursolle, Elizabeth Edwards, and Ian McDonald Court Document, Cases
National Health Law Program (NHeLP), the Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation at Harvard Law School and 26 other advocacy organizations filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of a class of 67,000 class members. The brief provides the Court with information…
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NHeLP AHRQ Comments

Medicaid Section 1115 Waivers for Substance Use Disorders: A Review

Medicaid Coverage of Medication Abortion Delivered via Telehealth

Juvenile Justice Laws Provide Model for Improving Health Care Access for Individuals Leaving Incarceration

NHeLP Files “Friend of Court” Brief to Protect Access to Promised Behavioral Health Care

Wit v. United Behavioral Health Care, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit