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Comments to CMS on Medicaid State Plan Home and Community-Based Services
In July, 2012, the Coalition for Whole Health submitted comments to CMS on their proposed rule related to the Section 1915(i) Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) State plan option. Read the comments here. Section 1915(i) provides an important opportunity for States to provide home and community-based services to Medicaid beneficiaries with mental health and/or [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Comments on proposed rule related to data collection to support standards related to Essential Health Benefits
In July, 2012, the Coalition for Whole Health submitted comments to HHS on the data collection standards necessary to implement the Essential Health Benefits requirements of the ACA. Read the comments here. The comments asked HHS to ensure that arbitrary and unreasonable benefit limits are not incorporated into the EHB, and asked HHS to collect [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Comments to CCIIO on guidance related to Federally-facilitated Exchanges
In June, 2012, the Coalition for Whole Health submitted comments to the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight at CMS on their bulletin on Federally-facilitated Exchanges. Read the comments here. In the comments, the Coalition urged CCIIO to reiterate their commitment that consumers in states with a Federally-facilitated Exchange will receive the full range [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )CWH comments to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute on their national priorities for research
In March, 2012, the Coalition for Whole Health provided comments to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute on their proposed research agenda. Read the comments here. The comments the Coalition submitted to PCORI focused on the need for a strong commitment to research into chronic diseases, including mental health and substance use disorders. The comments encouraged [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Comments on EHB Bulletin
In January 2012, the Coalition submitted its final comments on the Essential Health Benefits Bulletin. We encourage the MH/SUD field to submit as many independent comments as possible. Please feel free to use the Coalition’s response as a template for your organization’s own comments, and please forward the attached to your networks and encourage them [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Action Alert! Ensure Health Insurance Exchange Regulations Include Strong SUD/MH Provisions
Please submit comments to CMS by Oct. 31; follow this link for sample comments Action Needed The federal Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a proposed rule for the health insurance exchanges created by the new health care reform law. It is very important that the exchanges address mental health (MH) and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Comments to CMS on Health Insurance Exchanges
In Sept. 2011, the coalition developed comments in response to recent proposed regulations governing the establishment of the state Health Insurance Exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act. The Exchanges are the mechanism in the law for individuals and small businesses to purchase health insurance that meets certain minimum standards. Read the comments here. The [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Comments on Alcohol and Depression Screening
LAC staff developed comments in August 2011 on behalf of the Coalition for Whole Health to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on proposed guidance on Medicare coverage of alcohol screening and counseling and depression screening as preventive services. Read the comments here.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Comments to CMS on Accountable Care Organizations
In June 2011, the Coalition for Whole Health submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on a proposed rule governing Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Read the comments here. The comments to CMS focused on the critical importance for ACOs to make certain the mental health and substance use disorder needs of [...]
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Comments to CMS on single streamlined application data elements
Posted on November 13, 2012. Filed under: Comments, Health Insurance Exchanges, logo, Medicaid/Medicare |
In September, 2012, the Coalition for Whole Health submitted comments to CMS on their proposed data elements for the single, streamlined application for Exchange credits, Medicaid, and SCHIP. Read the comments here. The comments thank CMS for simplifying the application to only include the minimum that is required to determine eligibility. The comments also thanked [...]
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