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August 17, 2023
Comments on CMS Health Insurance Common Claims Form (CMS-1500)
Charly Gilfoil and Michelle Yiu Comments
CMS invited public comment on the standard form that health care providers use to submit claims to CMS for reimbursement. This form has a great impact on how Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP, as well as private insurers, collect and share information about patient populations and services provided. In our…
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August 11, 2023
Medicaid Eligibility Call Centers: Questions for LEP & Disability Access
Elizabeth Edwards and Mara Youdelman Issue Brief, Fact Sheet
Call centers are often the primary way that Medicaid enrollees interact with the Medicaid agency. During the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage period, people are often relying on the Medicaid call centers for answers to questions, to submit requested information, file appeals, and otherwise receive assistance. But call…
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June 14, 2023
The Constitutionality of Demographic Data Collection
Geron Gadd and Mara Youdelman Issue Brief
Collecting demographic data is legal and constitutional. Questions have arisen about the constitutionality of the collection and use of demographic data. This concern has been attributed to the Supreme Court’s 1995 decision in Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena. Yet Adarand and the cases following it preclude neither the collection…
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April 20, 2023
Risks and Rewards of Demographic Data Collection: How Effective Data Privacy Can Promote Health Equity
Charly Gilfoil, Naomi G. Goldberg, Patrick L. Mason, Mary Lou Breslin, Silvia Yee, and Georgia Burke Manual/Report, Fact Sheet, Guide
This four-part report series is a joint project of the National Health Law Program, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), Justice in Aging, Movement Advancement Project, and Race Forward Data enables us to identify and study health programs and monitor trends in population health as never before.…
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April 17, 2023
What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid?
Wayne Turner Issue Brief, Fact Sheet
With the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, and the implementation of Medicaid expansions and Marketplaces in 2014, the U.S. significantly expanded access to health insurance coverage. Architects of the ACA rightly viewed Medicaid as an essential piece of the universal coverage puzzle. Indeed, Medicaid is…
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April 4, 2023
NHeLP Comments on Coverage of Contraceptive Services Under the Affordable Care Act
Liz McCaman Taylor Comments
Section 2713(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act, and its implementing regulations, make access to contraception possible by ensuring that health plans in the individual and small group markets adequately cover contraception without cost-sharing—cost-sharing that would otherwise reduce use of this necessary service. In our comments, NHeLP strongly supports…
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Medicaid Eligibility Call Centers: Questions for LEP & Disability Access

The Constitutionality of Demographic Data Collection

Risks and Rewards of Demographic Data Collection: How Effective Data Privacy Can Promote Health Equity

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Comments on CMS Health Insurance Common Claims Form (CMS-1500)

Medicaid Eligibility Call Centers: Questions for LEP & Disability Access

The Constitutionality of Demographic Data Collection

Risks and Rewards of Demographic Data Collection: How Effective Data Privacy Can Promote Health Equity

What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid?

NHeLP Comments on Coverage of Contraceptive Services Under the Affordable Care Act