Each year, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) spends the month of April celebrating the lifesaving program that is Medicaid. Medicaid provides quality health care to more than 80 million people in the nation. Below is a curated selection or resources and cases we believe highlight our advocacy over the past year.
- April 20, 2023
AMICUS: J.R. v. Horizon NJ Health, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division
Litigation TeamJ.R. is a young child who requires nursing services and appealed a significant reduction in her Medicaid nursing services…
- October 3, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Section 1557 Proposed Rule
Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, Elizabeth Edwards, Madeline Morcelle, Abigail Coursolle, Charly Gilfoil, Jennifer Lav, Skyler Rosellini, Alicia Emanuel, Cat Duffy, Catherine McKee, Fabiola Carrión, David Machledt, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Dania Douglas, and Carly MyersNHeLP submitted comments on the Department of Health and Human Services' Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to implement Section 1557…
- August 15, 2022
Questions and Answers on the 2022 Proposed Rule Addressing Nondiscrimination Protections under the ACA’s Section 1557
Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, Abigail Coursolle, Elizabeth Edwards, Jennifer Lav, and Madeline MorcelleIn courts and through regulatory action, the Biden-Harris administration is vigorously working to address health equity. This includes strengthening…
- September 15, 2021
Comments on NIST Proposal for Identifying & Managing Bias in AI
Elizabeth EdwardsAs awareness grows of the biases baked into artificial intelligence and other automated decision making, and the real world…
- June 29, 2021
Webinar: Quality and Accountability in Medicaid Managed Care — Where We Stand in 2021
David MachledtThis webinar presents a recent series of papers that provide tips on leveraging managed care accountability tools, locating state…
- June 11, 2021
L.S. by and through Ron S. v. Delia, Eastern District of North Carolina and Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Litigation TeamThis class action was filed on behalf of a class of North Carolinians with intellectual and developmental disabilities who…
- June 11, 2021
Cyrus ex rel. McSweeney v. Nusbaum, Southern District of West Virginia
Litigation TeamIn 2004, a class of recipients of West Virginia’s Medicaid HCBS waiver program for older adults and people with…
- June 11, 2021
Salazar v. District of Columbia, D.C. District Court, D.C. Circuit
Litigation TeamThis class action was originally brought in 1996 on behalf of children and adults who had applied for Medicaid,…
- June 11, 2021
Demanding Ascertainable Standards: Medicaid as a Case Study
Jane PerkinsState Medicaid agencies and their contractors are increasingly relying on preset guidelines or assessment tools or both to make…
- June 10, 2021
NHeLP AHRQ Comments
Elizabeth Edwards, David Machledt, Skyler Rosellini, and Liz McCaman TaylorIn these comments, NHeLP responds to a request for information from AHRQ regarding the use of clinical algorithms that…
- May 26, 2020
A.M.C. v. Smith, Middle District of Tennessee
Elizabeth Edwards and Sarah GrusinThirty-five children and adults from across Tennessee brought a class action challenging the State for wrongfully terminating people’s health…
- December 19, 2019
Opportunities for Public Comment on HCBS Assessment Tools
Elizabeth Edwards and Sarah GrusinMedicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) are critical to ensuring people with disabilities and older adults are supported in their…
- March 1, 2019
Hawkins v. Cohen, Eastern District of North Carolina
Jane PerkinsHawkins Summary Hawkins v. Cohen (5:17-CV-581 E.D.N.C.) is a federal lawsuit filed in 2017 by Charlotte Center for Legal…
- June 13, 2017
Evaluating Functional Assessments for Older Adults
David MachledtState Medicaid agencies and their contractors rely on functional assessment tools to make coverage and eligibility decisions for long-term…
- July 22, 2016
Darjee v. Betlach, District of Arizona
Litigation TeamLow-income immigrant residents of Arizona who were eligible for full Medicaid benefits, but whose benefits were reduced to emergency-only…
- June 9, 2016
Q&A: Using Assessment Tools to Decide Medicaid Coverage
Jane PerkinsThis Q&A provides case developments in efforts to ensure that state Medicaid coverage assessment tools are used in compliance…
- September 10, 2015
Ensuring that Assessment Tools are Available to Enrollees
Jane PerkinsThe amount of Medicaid services for enrollees, particularly home and community based services, is increasingly being determined through prior…
- May 5, 2015
Medicaid Assessments for Long-Term Supports & Services (LTSS)
David MachledtLong-term care needs assessments serve a vital role in Medicaid. For individuals with disabilities and older adults, needs assessments…