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September 19, 2017
Top 10 Threats to People With Disabilities Under the Graham-Cassidy Bill
Jennifer Lav Issue Brief
The new Senate effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act and gut Medicaid funding, the Graham-Cassidy bill, poses threats to the health care of tens of millions of people living with disabilities. Senior Attorney Jennifer Lav explains how several provisions of the Graham-Cassidy bill threaten "to significantly reduce coverage…
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February 14, 2017
Helping Those on HCBS Waiting Lists: Positive Impacts of the ACA
Elizabeth Edwards Issue Brief
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid expansion have helped improve access to home and community-based services (HCBS), as Senior Attorney Elizabeth Edwards explains in this paper. Edwards writes that states that expanded Medicaid added significantly fewer people to HCBS waiting lists compared to the states that did not…
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September 1, 2016
NHeLP Comments to MACRA Regulations
Leo Cuello Comments
In comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NHeLP Director of Health Policy Leonardo Cuello recommends that HHS should improve the Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act regulations to encourage models of care that will provide consumers with high-quality care, and put less emphasis only on increasing provider risk…
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June 30, 2016
Q&A: Recoupment Following an Adverse Medicaid Appeal
Jane Perkins Issue Brief
Legal Director Jane Perkins provides guidance on a question regarding Medicaid managed care plans' abilities to recoup costs of health services following an adverse Medicaid appeal. Medicaid applicants and recipients have rights to notices and administrative hearings when their claims for medical assistance are denied or not acted on…
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June 10, 2016
Issue Brief 4: Medicaid Managed Care Final Regulations: Quality and Transparency
David Machledt and Wayne Turner Issue Brief
This issue brief will review selected provisions in the final rule, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Programs, Medicaid Managed Care, CHIP Delivered in Managed Care, and Revisions Related to Third Party Liability implementing the requirements concerning quality and transparency. The final rule advances quality assessment, transparency and…
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June 9, 2016
Q&A: Using Assessment Tools to Decide Medicaid Coverage
Jane Perkins Issue Brief
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Top 10 Threats to People With Disabilities Under the Graham-Cassidy Bill

Helping Those on HCBS Waiting Lists: Positive Impacts of the ACA

NHeLP Comments to MACRA Regulations

Q&A: Recoupment Following an Adverse Medicaid Appeal

Issue Brief 4: Medicaid Managed Care Final Regulations: Quality and Transparency

Q&A: Using Assessment Tools to Decide Medicaid Coverage