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June 11, 2021
L.S. by and through Ron S. v. Delia, Eastern District of North Carolina and Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Litigation Team Cases
This class action was filed on behalf of a class of North Carolinians with intellectual and developmental disabilities who received letters from their regional managed care organization, Piedmont Behavioral Health (known as PBH and later Cardinal Innovations Healthcare), informing them that, based on their Supports Intensity Scale (SIS) assessment,…
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June 11, 2021
Cyrus ex rel. McSweeney v. Nusbaum, Southern District of West Virginia
Litigation Team Cases
In 2004, a class of recipients of West Virginia’s Medicaid HCBS waiver program for older adults and people with disabilities was granted a preliminary injunction that restored HCBS benefits that had been terminated the year before and required the state to provide adequate notice that explained the reasons for…
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June 11, 2021
AMICUS:Washtenaw County Community Mental Health v. Wiesner, State of Michigan Court of Appeals
Litigation Team Cases
NHeLP submitted two amicus briefs in this case in support of a Medicaid beneficiary who won his Medicaid Fair Hearing, entitling him to certain home and community based services and supports. Rather than complying with the hearing decision and providing him the services to which he was entitled, his…
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February 26, 2021
Wright v. AHCA, Second Judicial Circuit in and for Leon County, Florida
Litigation Team Cases
Plaintiff Nancy Wright is a Florida attorney who has represented hundreds of Florida Medicaid recipients (often pro bono) who are challenging erroneous terminations, denials, or reduction of Medicaid benefits. To prepare these appeals, Attorney Wright needs to access the state Medicaid agency’s (Agency for Health Care Administration's or AHCA’s)…
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February 2, 2021
Amicus: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America v. Williams, Eighth Circuit
Litigation Team Cases
PhRMA is challenging a 2020 Minnesota law designed to ensure that people with diabetes can access the insulin they need to survive. The National Health Law Program, T1International, Minnesota #insulin4all, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid, and four Minnesota residents submitted an amicus brief in the district court and in the 8th…
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November 19, 2020
Amicus: N.R. v. Raytheon Company, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Litigation Team Cases
National Health Law Program, Autism Legal Research Center and eight other organizations submitted an amicus brief in the First District of the U.S. Court of Appeals. The brief was filed to address the failure of insurance plans to fully disclose required information about behavioral health services and limitations on…
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L.S. by and through Ron S. v. Delia, Eastern District of North Carolina and Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Cyrus ex rel. McSweeney v. Nusbaum, Southern District of West Virginia

AMICUS:Washtenaw County Community Mental Health v. Wiesner, State of Michigan Court of Appeals

Wright v. AHCA, Second Judicial Circuit in and for Leon County, Florida

Amicus: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America v. Williams, Eighth Circuit

Amicus: N.R. v. Raytheon Company, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit