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- August 19, 2022
NHeLP Letter to CCIIO Director, Ellen Montz – Re: Request for Modifications to the Federal Prescription Drug and Maternity Care Essential Health Benefit Standards
Read moreDespite improvements in coverage of Essential Health Benefits (EHB) since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, significant gaps remain in access to care in various categories of service. In this follow-up letter to leadership at the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO), NHeLP urges the Department…
- 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…
- December 16, 2021
NHeLP Comments on HHS SUNSET Repeal Rule
Read moreIn the HHS SUNSET final rule, HHS sought to retroactively impose a mandatory expiration date on an estimated 18,000 duly promulgated regulations. Even long-standing rules would be automatically rescinded unless they survive a complex process of assessment and review. If implemented, programs like Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance…
- December 9, 2021
Contraceptive Equity Primers
Read moreState Contraceptive Equity laws can play a critical role in filling the remaining gaps from the Affordable Care Act, and have the potential to expand equitable access to contraceptive services for all. This series of primers is designed to educate advocates and policymakers on the basics of Contraceptive Equity…
