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February 9, 2022
Eliminating Barriers to Medication-Assisted Treatment in Medicaid
Cathren Cohen Issue Brief
Few individuals with opioid use disorder currently have access to medication-assisted treatment, a highly effective overdose prevention treatment. As the single largest payer of OUD treatment, Medicaid has an important role to play in reducing barriers and increasing access. In this issue brief, we identify persiting barriers to MAT coverage…
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February 8, 2022
States must ensure that Medicaid beneficiaries have access to OTC products, including at-home Covid tests
Liz McCaman Taylor and Abigail Coursolle Build Back Better, Health Equity, Services
Over the last few days, millions of people have begun to receive four at-home Covid tests in the mail, as a result of the Biden Administration’s push to make Covid testing more readily available. In addition, the Administration has clarified that most private insurance plans must cover at least…
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February 8, 2022
Statement for the Record to the United States Senate Committee on Finance on Youth Mental Health
Jennifer Lav Testimony
NHeLP submitted a statement for the record to the Senate Finance Committee on approaches to improve coverage and services for youth with mental health conditions. The statement offers policy options in three areas where additional legislation, oversight, or guidance would further the Senate Finance Committee’s priority of improving behavioral…
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February 3, 2022
California Will Expand Coverage of Medicaid Community-Based Mobile Crisis Intervention Services
T. Nancy Lam california, Health Equity
On January 10, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom released his 2022-2023 Budget Proposal that includes a total spending of $286.4 billion in State Funds ($213.1 billion from the General Fund) and another year of historic $217.5 billion investment in health care. The budget proposal builds on existing Medi-Cal expansions…
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February 1, 2022
Children’s Behavioral Health Mobile Response and Stabilization Services
Jennifer Lav and Kimberly Lewis Fact Sheet
Mobile Response and Stabilization Services (MRSS) is a specific kind of mobile crisis service and stabilization service for children and youth with behavioral health conditions. It is an upstream intervention for children and youth that are beginning to experience an acute behavioral health issue and are in crisis. This…
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January 31, 2022
Gender-Affirming Care for Youth is Still Good Health Care
Abigail Coursolle, Skyler Rosellini, and Cathren Cohen Health Equity, Services
Last year we wrote that “Laws should not serve as a weapon to criminalize and discriminate against our transgender and gender-expansive youth by preventing access to the health services they need. . . . Now is the time stand up for transgender and gender-expansive youth.” Unfortunately, legislators in…
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Eliminating Barriers to Medication-Assisted Treatment in Medicaid

States must ensure that Medicaid beneficiaries have access to OTC products, including at-home Covid tests

Statement for the Record to the United States Senate Committee on Finance on Youth Mental Health

California Will Expand Coverage of Medicaid Community-Based Mobile Crisis Intervention Services

Children’s Behavioral Health Mobile Response and Stabilization Services

Gender-Affirming Care for Youth is Still Good Health Care