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September 30, 2021
Comments on Reassignment of Medicaid Provider Claims Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Jennifer Lav Comments
These comments support a CMS proposed rule that would allow states to make deductions for health, training, and other standard workplace benefits on behalf of self-directed direct care workers. Enabling these direct care workers to deduct standard employment benefits helps these critical positions be more comparable to other positions…
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September 30, 2021
Addressing Barriers to Behavioral Health Coverage for Low-Income Youth
Jennifer Lav, Abigail Coursolle, and Cathren Cohen Guide
This flip chart contains various scenarios and barriers that low-income youth with behavioral health conditions might face when trying to access services, and includes suggested steps an advocate could take to work through those barriers.* Medicaid is the country’s most inclusive health care program, providing high quality, affordable coverage…
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September 8, 2021
NHeLP Letter to Congressional Leadership on HCBS and Coverage Gap
Elizabeth G. Taylor, Jennifer Lav, Madeline Morcelle, David Machledt, Mara Youdelman, and Dania Douglas Letter
As the Senate and House move forward on landmark Medicaid legislation, the National Health Law Program urges Congressional leaders to invest the resources necessary to meaningfully increase home and community-based services (HCBS) and to equitably close the Medicaid coverage gap. While we understand that at some points in the…
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August 26, 2021
EPSDT Trends Fact Sheet 2015 – 2019
Daniel Young Fact Sheet
This Fact Sheet is a companion piece to the National Health Law Program’s publication, Children’s Health Under Medicaid. A National Review of Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Services 2015-2019, highlighting trends in EPSDT program performance. The analysis compares states’ reported data in 2019 to what the states…
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August 26, 2021
Testimony of NHeLP’s Madeline Morcelle at Congressional Briefing on the Lift the Bar Act of 2021
Madeline Morcelle Testimony
Madeline Morcelle, a staff attorney in the National Health Law Program’s Washington, DC office, presented at a congressional briefing to announce the introduction of the Lift the Bar Act of 2021. The briefing, sponsored by the Protecting Immigrant Families Campaign, was held on August 26, 2021. At the briefing,…
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August 23, 2021
Medicaid Retroactive Coverage: Stop these Waivers!
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKee Issue Brief
The Medicaid Act requires states to extend Medicaid coverage retroactively--for up to 3 months prior to the date of application. Retroactive coverage is vital because the need often arises because of the sudden onset of a health care crisis—a stroke, an automobile accident, a dangerous communicable disease, a gunshot…
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Comments on Reassignment of Medicaid Provider Claims Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Addressing Barriers to Behavioral Health Coverage for Low-Income Youth

NHeLP Letter to Congressional Leadership on HCBS and Coverage Gap

EPSDT Trends Fact Sheet 2015 – 2019

Testimony of NHeLP’s Madeline Morcelle at Congressional Briefing on the Lift the Bar Act of 2021

Medicaid Retroactive Coverage: Stop these Waivers!