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April 12, 2022
NHeLP Comments on the Proposed Update to the CDC’s Opioid Prescribing Guidelines
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Alexis Robles-Fradet Comments
In 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…
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February 11, 2022
NHeLP letter to HHS Sec. Becerra – Re: Advancing Health Equity Through Essential Health Benefits
Wayne Turner, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, and Fabiola De Liban Letter
The 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…
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February 9, 2022
Eliminating Barriers to Medication-Assisted Treatment in Medicaid
Cathren Cohen Issue Brief
Few 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…
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November 30, 2021
NHeLP Comments on Montana 1115 Waiver Request – IMD Exclusion
Cathren Cohen Comments
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November 5, 2021
NHeLP Comments on SUPPORT Act Section 1003 Demonstration
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Cathren Cohen Comments
The Substance Use Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) Act requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct a demonstration to increase the capacity of Medicaid providers to deliver substance use disorder (SUD) services. In comments to HHS, NHeLP urges the administration to ensure…
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May 26, 2021
Wit v. United Behavioral Health Care, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Abigail Coursolle, Elizabeth Edwards, and Ian McDonald Court Document, Cases
National Health Law Program (NHeLP), the Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation at Harvard Law School and 26 other advocacy organizations filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of a class of 67,000 class members. The brief provides the Court with information…
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NHeLP Comments on the Proposed Update to the CDC’s Opioid Prescribing Guidelines

NHeLP letter to HHS Sec. Becerra – Re: Advancing Health Equity Through Essential Health Benefits

Eliminating Barriers to Medication-Assisted Treatment in Medicaid

NHeLP Comments on Montana 1115 Waiver Request – IMD Exclusion

NHeLP Comments on SUPPORT Act Section 1003 Demonstration

Wit v. United Behavioral Health Care, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit