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February 1, 2023
Unwinding Medicaid Continuous Coverage: Checklist for Redeterminations
Elizabeth Edwards, Sarah Grusin, and Alicia Emanuel Fact Sheet
The continuous coverage protection that has kept nearly all Medicaid beneficiairies enrolled since March 18, 2020 will end as of March 31, 2023. Beginning as early as February 2023, states will begin redetermining eligibility for the millions of people enrolled in the program, with terminations beginning as early as…
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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
Miriam Delaney Heard and Wayne Turner Comments
In 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…
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July 28, 2022
California Prepares for PHE Unwinding through Release of Operational Plan
Skyler Rosellini Issue Brief
COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). While not required, CMS has encouraged states to make their plans publicly available. In their latest guidance to states, CMS outlines detailed requirements and recommendations for states to effectively return to normal business operations when the PHE ends. In May, California’s Medicaid agency, Department…
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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 Health Advocate, Issue Brief, NHeLP Matters
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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August 19, 2021
NHeLP Comments on Office of Minority Health “Request for Information” on Best Practices for Advancing Cultural Competency, Language Access and Sensitivity Toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Mara Youdelman Comments
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July 15, 2021
Making Sure Medicaid is Ready for Public Health Emergencies
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKee Issue Brief, Article, Fact Sheet
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic plunged the United States into a public health crisis. This situation was not entirely unprecedented. Local crises had previously been triggered by events such as hurricanes (e.g., Katrina in 2005, Irma in 2017), wildfires (e.g., California in 2017 and 2018), lead contamination (Flint, Michigan…
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Unwinding Medicaid Continuous Coverage: Checklist for Redeterminations

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

California Prepares for PHE Unwinding through Release of Operational Plan

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

NHeLP Comments on Office of Minority Health “Request for Information” on Best Practices for Advancing Cultural Competency, Language Access and Sensitivity Toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Making Sure Medicaid is Ready for Public Health Emergencies