- January 5, 2023
Medicaid Managed Care Accountability: How States Use Sanctions
Daniel YoungIn the Medicaid program, comprehensive managed care is the predominant mode for delivering services. Approximately, seventy-two percent of beneficiaries…
- January 4, 2023
NHeLP Welcomes the TGI Inclusive Care Act in California
Abigail CoursolleAs of January 1, 2023, a new law protects the right of Transgender, Gender Diverse, and Intersex (TGI) Californians…
- December 2, 2022
California Leads the Way in Becoming a Reproductive Freedom State
Jasmine Young and Fabiola De LibanOn June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization held that the Constitution…
- November 14, 2022
Current State of Doula Medicaid Implementation Efforts in November 2022
Amy ChenThe National Health Law Program’s Doula Medicaid Project has been tracking doula Medicaid implementation efforts since 2019. Each year…
- October 13, 2022
2022 State Legislative Session Highlight: Major Gains In Abortion Insurance Coverage Despite Dobbs
Cat DuffyThe Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization dealt a devastating blow to the sexual and…
- September 29, 2022
Contingency Management: A Promising Intervention for Treating Stimulant Use Disorder among Medicaid Beneficiaries
Alexis Robles-Fradet and Héctor Hernández-DelgadoSeptember is National Recovery Month, an important reminder that while we have come a long way in reducing the…
- September 19, 2022
NHeLP Celebrates Telehealth Awareness Week, September 18- 24, 2022
T. Nancy Lam and Daniel YoungThe week of September 18—24, 2022 is the second annual Telehealth Awareness Week. This year, NHeLP again joins many…
- August 8, 2022
Doula Care Improves Health Outcomes, Reduces Racial Disparities and Cuts Cost
Alexis Robles-Fradet and Mara Greenwald*For over three decades, the maternal mortality rate in the United States has steadily increased, with Black women and…
- July 8, 2022
California Health Programs Must Take Steps to Implement Non-Binary Gender Markers
Abigail Coursolle*Co-written with Madison Castle (Rising 3L at George Washington Law School)Non-binary individuals often fall through the cracks of our…
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