Tag: essential health benefits
New Edition of NASTAD’s Health Reform Watch Now Available
(Cross-posted from NASTAD’s Health Reform Watch.) A new edition of the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Director’s (NASTAD) Health Reform Watch is now available: Open enrollment is less than four months away, and states and federal agencies are rapidly preparing outreach, application, and enrollment systems to ensure a smooth transition to coverage. Federal [...]
New Edition of Health Reform Watch Available
By Amy Killelea, Senior Manager, Health Care Access, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors. (Cross-posted from NASTAD’s Health Reform Watch.) A new edition of NASTAD’s Health Reform Watch is available here. Federal and state health reform implementation has continued at a gallop over the past month. The federal government has released another round [...]
Update: New Medicaid Essential Health Benefits Proposed Rule and What It Means for People Living with HIV and Hepatitis
By Amy Killelea, Senior Manager, Health Care Access, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors. (Cross-posted from NASTAD’s fantastic blog.) In January, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a much-awaited proposed rule spelling out the “Essential Health Benefits” (EHB) requirements for newly eligible Medicaid beneficiaries (those ineligible for Medicaid under current [...]
Getting into the Conversation: Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits
AIDS Foundation of Chicago is continuing its fight against HIV/AIDS by being a part of the conversation concerning health reform! Recently, Vice President of Policy, John Peller, wrote a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services expressing AFC’s stance on “Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits” (EHBs). The letter expresses the minimum health [...]
HIV Experts to Feds: Health care reform benefits need improvements
What benefits will people with HIV get under health reform? To help the federal government answer this question, two national coalitions of HIV and chronic disease policy experts recently weighed in on proposed regulations on December 26, 2012. In November 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released proposed rules that would [...]
A Cheat Sheet for the Proposed Essential Health Benefits Rule
Wondering how the proposed Essential Health Benefits rule will impact people living with HIV? We have a cheat sheet for you! Our friends, Katherine Record at the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, Harvard Law School/ TAEP and Amy Killelea at National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors, have put together a brief [...]
What benefits should Medicaid offer newly-enrolled people with HIV?
AIDS advocates recently submitted comments to the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) about which benefits should be provided to people who are newly eligible for Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The state can provide newly eligible individuals the same benefits as the regular Medicaid population, or can customize the benefits within [...]
Standing Strong for Essential Health Benefits
A coalition of fifty-seven health advocacy groups from across the country are calling on the federal government to stand strong for federal policies that guarantee comprehensive access to prescription drugs through the essential health benefits (EHB) process. The groups sent a letter recently to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sibelius clarifying [...]
USCA Closing Plenary: Implementing the ACA Nationally, in Your State, and Agency
HIV Health Reform’s merry band went on the road to the U.S. Conference on AIDS this week in Las Vegas, and presented at the closing plenary. Check out the slides from Amy Killelea (NASTAD), Anne Donnelly (Project Inform) and John Peller (AIDS Foundation of Chicago) are here. Big thanks to Kali Lindsey of NMAC for [...]
Medicaid & Essential Health Benefits: What is essential for people living with HIV?
Health and HIV advocacy groups are standing up for essential health benefits! With many health reforms scheduled to take effect January 2014, advocates are working to ensure that new regulations meet the needs of vulnerable populations, including people living with HIV and other chronic conditions. In February, the HIV Health Care Access Working Group (HHCAWG), [...]
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