Medicaid Awareness Month Resources

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.

November 1, 2022
Joint comment letter: Temporary Increase in Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) in Response to the COVID–19 Public Health Emergency (PHE); Reopening of Public Comment Period
Miriam Delaney Heard and Wayne Turner
In the last days of the Trump administration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized an Interim…
October 18, 2022
Model Contraceptive Equity Act: Legislative Language and Issue Brief
Liz McCaman Taylor
Updated October 2023. This paper begins with model legislative language that can serve as a template for state advocates…
October 5, 2022
Comments on Missouri Section 1115 Request for Federal Funding for Institutions for Mental Disease (IMDs) for Children and Adults
Jennifer Lav
In these comments, NHeLP urges HHS to reject Missouri's request for federal financial participation for institutions for mental disease,…
September 14, 2022
Steps Toward Contraceptive Equity: State Legislative Considerations for the 2023 Session
Liz McCaman Taylor
In the first regular state legislative session post-Dobbs, many state policymakers and advocates may seek to shore up contraceptive…
June 7, 2022
Medicaid, Child Welfare & Institutional Care: Qualified Residential Treatment Programs
Jennifer Lav
A landmark foster care reform law, the Family First Prevention Services Act, was intended to ensure that children are…
May 16, 2022
Medicaid Coverage of Advanced Practice Prescribing for Reproductive & Sexual Health Medications
Liz McCaman Taylor and Cathren Cohen
Advanced practice providers (APPs) are licensed health care practitioners, other than physicians, who may practice independently and bill directly…
May 2, 2022
NHeLP Comments on CMS Request for Information on Access to Coverage and Care in Medicaid & CHIP
Charly Gilfoil, Cat Duffy, Abigail Coursolle, Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, Jennifer Lav, Elizabeth Edwards, and David Machledt
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) to develop and implement a…
April 14, 2022
NHeLP comments on Oregon’s application for renewal of the Oregon Health Plan § 1115(a) Demonstration Waiver for 2022-2027
Sarah Somers and Wayne Turner
In public comments, NHeLP expresses support for Oregon's decision to abandon its waiver of EPSDT. However, NHeLP strongly opposes…
April 14, 2022
Statement for the Record to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health Hearing on “Communities in Need: Legislation to Support Mental Health and Well-Being.”
Jennifer Lav
*Institutional Authors: National Health Law Program, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Center for Public Representation,…
April 6, 2022
Q&A: Recent EPSDT Cases
Jane Perkins and Amanda Avery
The Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment provisions are among the most specific in the Medicaid Act. This…
February 8, 2022
Statement for the Record to the United States Senate Committee on Finance on Youth Mental Health
Jennifer Lav
NHeLP submitted a statement for the record to the Senate Finance Committee on approaches to improve coverage and services…
February 1, 2022
Children’s Behavioral Health Mobile Response and Stabilization Services
Jennifer Lav and Kimberly Lewis
Mobile Response and Stabilization Services (MRSS) is a specific kind of mobile crisis service and stabilization service for children…
December 16, 2021
NHeLP Comments on HHS SUNSET Repeal Rule
Dania Douglas and Wayne Turner
In the HHS SUNSET final rule, HHS sought to retroactively impose a mandatory expiration date on an estimated 18,000…
November 1, 2021
Comments: Utah Primary Care Network Extension Request
Catherine McKee, Jane Perkins, and Jennifer Lav
In comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program explains that the initial…
September 30, 2021
Addressing Barriers to Behavioral Health Coverage for Low-Income Youth
Jennifer Lav, Abigail Coursolle, and Cathren Cohen
This flip chart contains various scenarios and barriers that low-income youth with behavioral health conditions might face when trying…
August 26, 2021
EPSDT Trends Fact Sheet 2015 – 2019
Daniel Young
This Fact Sheet is a companion piece to the National Health Law Program’s publication, Children’s Health Under Medicaid. A…
June 29, 2021
Children’s Health Under Medicaid A National Review of Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Services 2015 – 2019
Daniel Young, Zamir M. Brown, Sarah Somers, and Jane Perkins
The Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment program requires each state to complete a reporting form provided…
June 11, 2021
Helping Families Obtain Durable Medical Equipment and Supplies Through The California Children’s Services (CCS) Program
Alicia Emanuel and Michelle Lilienfeld
This advocates issue brief provides the framework for accessing Durable Medical Equipment and medical supplies through the California Children's…
March 4, 2021
NHeLP attorney Madeline Morcelle publishes op-ed with Rewire News Group
Madeline Morcelle
NHeLP attorney Madeline Morcelle published an op-ed with Rewire News Group on how the Trump-era public charge rule harms…
February 17, 2021
Florida Maternal and Child Health Fact Sheet
Daniel Young
This fact sheet reports data from several sources that measure Medicaid managed care health care delivery and quality pertaining…