National Health Law Program

CMS’s recently released final rule, Streamlining the Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Basic Health Program Application, Eligibility Determination, Enrollment, and Renewal Pr...

https://healthlaw.org/how-the-new-medicaid-eligibility-and-enrollment-rule-will-help-low-income-people-with-disabilities-and-older-adults-get-enrolled-and-stay-enrolled/

After years of study and strong public support, the federal Office of Management and Budget finalized updates to federal standards for collecting race and ethnicity data, known as Statistical Pol...

https://healthlaw.org/a-win-for-representation-in-data-new-federal-race-and-ethnicity-standards-modernize-demographic-data-collection-and-advance-health-equity/

HHS finalized the Notice of Benefit & Payment Parameters for plan year 2025, adopting several long sought after changes to the essential health benefits (EHBs). The Affordable Care Act establishe...

https://healthlaw.org/hhs-just-took-a-big-step-towards-improving-access-to-services-and-achieving-health-equity/

On March 11, 2024 President Biden released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2025. While the proposal is not binding and unlikely to pass a divided Congress, it is a clear statement of the Bide...

https://healthlaw.org/here-we-go-again-dissecting-president-bidens-fy-2025-budget-proposal/

Introduction  It is no secret that the U.S.South – home to a significant portion of Black, Indigenous, and other people of color – has been shouldering the brunt of legislative restrictions ...

https://healthlaw.org/why-the-south-matters-in-health-care-and-reproductive-freedom-advocacy-and-what-we-are-doing-about-it/

Over the past four years, the Biden-Harris Administration has pursued an ambitious health-policy agenda. Yet, heading into the 2024 election year, several critically important rules proposed by H...

https://healthlaw.org/countingback-from-the-future-hhs-diligently-works-to-finalize-regulations-before-an-unknown-cut-off-date/

NHeLP’s Doula Medicaid Project has been tracking Medicaid coverage for doula care legislation since 2018. Each year since then has seen a steady increase in legislation as well as other efforts...

https://healthlaw.org/doula-medicaid-project-february-2024-state-roundup/

This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a final rule, “Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes” (“202...

https://healthlaw.org/hhs-office-for-civil-rights-finalizes-2024-health-care-refusal-regulations/

I’m thinking this year about courage.  We are going to need it in the year ahead.  Courage to speak truth, to stand up for what matters, to be our genuine selves and let others see us, to tak...

https://healthlaw.org/courage-for-the-new-year-reflection-from-elizabeth-g-taylor/

After the pandemic-related moratorium on Medicaid terminations ended on March 31 2023, states returned the pre-pandemic operations, including terminations of those who either fail to complete the...

https://healthlaw.org/problems-with-floridas-medicaid-unwind-the-lived-experience-of-floridians-losing-medicaid/