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December 22, 2025
An Advocate’s Guide to Medi-Cal Services
Fabiola De Liban, Amy Chen, Abigail Coursolle, Alicia Emanuel, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, T. Nancy Lam, Kimberly Lewis, Carly Myers, Alexis Robles-Fradet, Skyler Rosellini, Jasmine Young, and Elizabeth Zirker Guide
NHeLP’s Medi-Cal Services Guide provides an in-depth description of some of the most important services covered in the Medi-Cal program, including prescription drug services, mental health and substance use disorder services, reproductive and sexual health services, gender-affirming services, among others. The guide seeks to help legal aid attorneys, health…
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December 11, 2025
Prior Authorization in Medicaid Series
Brit Vanneman Issue Brief
This issue brief series explores how prior authorization policies shape access to care in public health coverage programs, particularly Medicaid. The first brief introduces the fundamentals of prior authorization, how it operates for Medicaid beneficiaries, and the growing movement for reform. Future installments will explore the legal and policy…
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October 17, 2025
An Advocate’s Guide to Access GAC in CA: Chapter 4 Common Barriers
Abigail Coursolle and Skyler Rosellini Toolkit
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October 17, 2025
An Advocate’s Guide to Access GAC in CA: Chapter 3 Types of Coverage
Abigail Coursolle and Skyler Rosellini Toolkit
This chapter is part of NHeLP’s forthcoming Advocate’s Guide to Accessing Gender-Affirming Care in California. It provides an overview of types of health coverage people may have. It will help people to identify what kind of coverage they have, how it is regulated, and what laws and requirements apply…
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September 17, 2025
Medicaid Financing after OBBBA: State Directed Payments and Provider Taxes
Geraldine Doetzer Issue Brief
The so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBBA) makes changes to complex but crucial Medicaid financing mechanisms that are likely to force states to reduce provider payments and limit benefits. This issue brief provides an overview of state directed payments and provider taxes and explains how they interact; how…
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July 29, 2025
Revisiting Managed Care Sanctions
Daniel Young Issue Brief
This issue brief is part of the National Health Law Program’s ongoing work on accountability in Medicaid managed care. It updates our research on Medicaid managed care sanctions by revisiting the states we profiled in 2022. We summarize recent sanctions content from the managed care websites of those states…
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An Advocate’s Guide to Medi-Cal Services

Prior Authorization in Medicaid Series

An Advocate’s Guide to Access GAC in CA: Chapter 4 Common Barriers

An Advocate’s Guide to Access GAC in CA: Chapter 3 Types of Coverage

Medicaid Financing after OBBBA: State Directed Payments and Provider Taxes

Revisiting Managed Care Sanctions