Essential Health Benefit Package
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 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 )Milliman Report on Essential Behavioral Health Benefits
In December 2011, the Coalition for Whole Health released a report by Milliman analyzing the MH/SUD benefits that are typically covered by employer sponsored health insurance. The report shows that large group health plans typically cover a broad spectrum of benefits for MH and SUD. A copy of the report can be found here: CWH [...]
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 )EHB Consensus Principles and Service Recommendations
In January 2012, as the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) develops final guidance on EHB and state policy-makers move forward with ACA benefit design, the Coalition finalized recommendations to fully include mental health and substance use disorder services within the Essential Health Benefits framework of the Affordable Care Act. Read the recommendations [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Letter to HHS Secretary Asking for Data, More Comment Time
In January 2012 the CWH — including over 75 national, state and local groups in the SUD and MH communities — submitted a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking for the data HHS used to develop the Essential Health Benefit Bulletin, and for more time to provide comment. Read the full letter here.
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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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