by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Oct 21, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
Nationwide, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) cover approximately 80 million low-income individuals, including many vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly, and people with disabilities and/or chronic conditions. These programs...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Aug 14, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
State Medicaid programs are at the tail end of an unprecedented reduction in Medicaid enrollment. States are reinstituting normal Medicaid redetermination and renewal processes, which were paused during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of the pandemic...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jul 17, 2024
The Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School and the Food is Medicine Coalition are proud to release the new fieldwide resource, Food is Medicine: A State Medicaid Policy Toolkit.This resource seeks to assist state policymakers looking to...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jul 11, 2024 | Health Law & Policy
By Nicholas Florko for Stat News. Originally published on July 11, 2024 WASHINGTON – They’re marketed as healthy, “dietitian-approved” meals and delivered directly to the homes of people seriously ill from cancer, diabetes, or heart disease: a Jimmy Dean frozen...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jun 5, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
People leaving incarceration often face a host of health challenges, including high rates of chronic physical and behavioral health conditions, barriers to coverage, and health-related social needs. Of particular concern, during the period following release, this...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Mar 7, 2024
Since its creation in 2017, Hepatitis C: State of Medicaid Access has evaluated hepatitis C treatment policies across state Medicaid programs. In response to advocacy and litigation, many states have reduced or eliminated their restrictions, but significant barriers...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Feb 29, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, News
Newly updated for 2024, state report cards herald the end of fibrosis restrictions while warning about needs for parity with managed care organizations and restrictive retreatment policies FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 29, 2024) – The...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Feb 20, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, News
New Harvard and Tufts University analysis examines an accelerating pathway to integrating nutrition with healthcare February 20, 2024 (Cambridge, MA) — Poor nutrition is a direct determinant of health, the leading driver of mortality in the U.S., and costs an...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jan 25, 2024 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary, Students Speaking On...
By Meghana Sai Iragavarapu, Health Law and Policy Clinic (HLPC) Student, Fall 2023 Throughout the semester, my clinic experience with the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) has been rich with accomplishments that have not only challenged me but also...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Nov 27, 2023
On November 16, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released new guidance detailing the coverage pathways for services and supports to address health-related social needs (HRSN) services, such as housing and nutrition interventions, in...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Nov 20, 2023 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
On November 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule with exciting new Medicare payment policies for certain services addressing health-related social needs: (1) Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Risk Assessment, (2) Community...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Nov 16, 2023 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
On November 16, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released new guidance detailing the coverage pathways for services and supports to address health-related social needs (HRSN) services, such as housing and nutrition interventions, in...
