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- May 5, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Pennsylvania SUD Demonstration Extension
Read moreIn comments to HHS, NHeLP urges the Secretary to reject Pennsylvania's Section 1115 demonstration extension request to continue waiving the Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) exclusion. This letter emphasizes that while NHeLP is supportive of efforts to increase access to services for Medicaid beneficiaries with substance use disorders (SUD),…
- May 3, 2022
Scope of Practice and Medicaid: State Flexibility to Cover Advanced Practice Care
Read moreAdvanced 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…
- April 12, 2022
NHeLP Comments on the Proposed Update to the CDC’s Opioid Prescribing Guidelines
Read moreIn these comments to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NHeLPs conveys its support for the CDC's proposal to update the 2016 Opioid Prescribing Guidelines. NHeLP's comments highlight the negative consequences the 2016 guidelines have had on access to medically necessary opioid medications for pain, particularly for…
- February 11, 2022
NHeLP letter to HHS Sec. Becerra – Re: Advancing Health Equity Through Essential Health Benefits
Read moreThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) established a comprehensive set of ten Essential Health Benefits (EHB) that most health plans must cover. However, regulations allowing states to define EHB through a benchmarking process have lead to inconsistent and inadequate coverage. In this letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, NHeLP urges…
- February 9, 2022
Eliminating Barriers to Medication-Assisted Treatment in Medicaid
Read moreFew 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…
- November 30, 2021
NHeLP Comments on Montana 1115 Waiver Request – IMD Exclusion
Read moreComments from the National Health Law Program opposing Montana's request for federal funding of mental health and SUD services in IMDs.