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

    Litigation Team

    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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  • Salazar v. District of Columbia, D.C. District Court, D.C. Circuit

    Litigation Team

    This class action was originally brought in 1996 on behalf of children and adults who had applied for Medicaid, with claims including that the Medicaid agency failed to: issue decisions and provide coverage within 45 days of a submitted application, provide advance notice of termination of benefits; provide or…

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

    Litigation Team

    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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  • Etheredge v. Nebraska DHHS, District Court of Lancaster County, Nebraska

    Litigation Team

    Nebraska’s Medicaid agency requires people eligible for Medicaid expansion to jump through administrative hoops and comply with requirements that do not apply to other beneficiaries. This violates Initiative 427, the Medicaid expansion law that was approved by Nebraska citizens. Through this lawsuit, we are striving to ensure that beneficiaries…

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

    Litigation Team

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

    Litigation Team

    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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