Medicaid Archive

Submit site search
Clear Filters

Never miss a thing.

Subscribe today.

Subscribe
… results in Medicaid.
  • November 30, 2016

    2017 Screening for Medicaid Eligibility Under the Pickle Amendment

    and External Source

    With help from Gordon Bonnyman from the Tennessee Justice Center, NHeLP provides the updated 2017 - A Quick and Easy Method of Screening for Medicaid Eligibility under the Pickle Amendment, a screening tool and chart to determine if clients may be Medicaid eligible under the Pickle Amendment.  The screening process…

    Read more
  • November 28, 2016

    Health Advocate: The Post-Election State of Our Health

    With a looming Trump administration and conservative majorities in Congress promising to repeal the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, and greatly weaken Medicaid and other public safety net laws, NHeLP D.C. Managing Attorney Mara Youdelman details some of what to expect in the coming year on health care.…

    Read more
  • November 1, 2016

    How Can States Get Federal Funds to Help Pay for Language Services

    Managing Attorney Mara Youdelman provides an overview of how states can obtain federal assistance in paying for language services for Medicaid beneficiaries and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollees. The issue brief provides guidance for states working to ensure language is not a barrier  to Medicaid and CHIP health…

    Read more
  • November 1, 2016

    Lessons from California

    Abbi Coursolle

    Decades after being ordered by a state appeals court to adhere to Medicaid law, California's Medicaid agency, Medi-Cal, starting in 2017 will be required by state law to ensure it is providing transportation services to Medicaid beneficiaries, writes Staff Attorney Abbi Coursolle in this month's Lessons from California. Coursolle…

    Read more
  • October 27, 2016

    Health Advocate: Oral Health Update

    In this month's Health Advocate, Senior Attorney Michelle Lilienfeld examines the status of oral health of our most vulnerable populations. Beyond coverage issues, Lilienfeld explores some of the other barriers preventing children and adults living on limited incomes from accessing quality oral health care services. For instance, many dental…

    Read more
  • October 24, 2016

    Health Advocates Urge CHIP Extension

    External Source and

    NHeLP joins other national health care and children's advocacy groups urging Congress to extend the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). CHIP was first enacted in 1997 to provide funding to states to reduce the numbers of  uninsured  children, focusing on low income children in working families who don't have…

    Read more