Opinion: The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act: What Parity Means For New Hampshire

[Excerpt] New Hampshire lawyers can help clients and colleagues with mental health or substance use disorders by advising individuals how to overcome barriers to insurance coverage for treatment, and encouraging them to pursue state and federally mandated internal, external and expedited appeal opportunities when denied coverage

Stewart v. Azar – What Does It Mean For New Hampshire\u27s Medicaid Work and Community Engagement Requirement?

Lucy C. Hodder, Director of Health Law and Policy at UNH\u27s Institute for Health Policy and Practice has written an article summarizing the recent federal court decision vacating Kentucky’s Medicaid waiver including its work and community engagement requirements and discussing what it might mean for New Hampshire

Christian Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

Albert Ellis was the creator of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT). Although Ellis opposed organized religion and religious beliefs for most of his life, this type of therapy can be adapted for use with many religious groups, including Christians. This paper will discuss biblical support for REBT as well as incongruences of Christian tenants and REBT. Christian REBT (CREBT) will be explored, including the therapeutic techniques that can be used. The efficacy of CREBT will be covered. Since there is a paucity of randomized clinical trials examining CREBT, Christian cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) will also be discussed. This paper will give recommendations for future research on CREBT and other types of Christian-accommodative psychotherapy. Last, a reflection is included about CREBT and Christian faith. This illustrates conflict between these areas, how CREBT and empirical support for it can contribute to Christian counseling, and how it is currently relevant to Christian churches

Work/Community Engagement Requirement Stakeholder Roundtable

Over the next twelve months, New Hampshire will transition to a new coverage model for the Medicaid expansion program (the Granite Advantage Program ), and will implement a demonstration engagement requirement, approved focus on the population covered by an emphasis on work status and New Hampshire, see Covering the Care: A Focus on the NH Marketplace)

Covering the Care: Medicaid, Work, and Community Engagement

Part of Informing the Conversation data and policy brief series. This brief reviews the major parameters of the work and community engagement requirements being implemented in the New Hampshire Medicaid program, and the overall landscape of employment in the state