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.
- February 17, 2021
Ohio Maternal and Child Health Fact Sheet
Daniel YoungThis fact sheet reports data from several sources that measure Medicaid managed care health care delivery and quality pertaining…
- January 28, 2021
Access to California Children’s Services (CCS) During COVID-19
Skyler Rosellini, Alicia Emanuel, and Alexis Robles-FradetYou can keep getting medically necessary California Children’s Services (CCS) during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). The Department…
- January 6, 2021
Meeting the Moment: Understanding EPSDT and Improving Implementation in California to Address Growing Mental Health Needs
Kimberly Lewis and Rachel Velcoff HultsChildren and youth across the country are facing an escalating mental health crisis. The events of 2020 have added…
- December 3, 2020
NHeLP Comments on HHS Regulations Rule (aka SUNSET Rule)
Wayne Turner and Dania DouglasIn the Regulations Rule, HHS seeks to retroactively impose a mandatory expiration date on an estimated 18,000 duly promulgated…
- December 19, 2019
NHeLP Comments on HHS License to Discriminate Proposed Rule
Wayne TurnerEarlier this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) granted South Carolina’s federally funded Title IV-E…
- November 7, 2019
Complaint: AA v. Gee, U.S. District Court of the Middle District of Louisiana
Kimberly Lewis and Abigail CoursolleLouisiana is failing to meet its obligation to provide mental health services to Medicaid-eligible children and families in the…
- April 8, 2019
I.N. v. Kent (Preliminary Approval of Class Settlement)
Andy DiAntonioOrder in I.N., minor, v. Jennifer Kent, Director of the Department of Health Care Services, and State of California…
- November 9, 2018
Update on EPSDT Litigation Trends
Jane PerkinsMedicaid's Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) health care coverage for children and youth under 21 is…
- November 7, 2018
Comments to DHS Regarding Indefinite Detention of Immigrant Children
Jennifer Lav, Priscilla Huang, Alicia Emanuel, and Amy ChenThe National Health Law Program urges the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Health and Human…
- September 10, 2018
Health Care Coverage for Pregnant and Parenting Teens in California
Amy ChenIntroductionTeens who become pregnant face a different set of challenges when accessing and receiving health care services as compared…
- September 5, 2018
Q&A on Pregnant Women’s Coverage Under Medicaid and the ACA
Amy ChenIntroductionAccess to affordable and high-quality comprehensive health care services during pregnancy has long depended on what type of health…
- August 20, 2018
Children’s Mental Health Services: The Right to Community-Based Care
Kimberly Lewis and Jennifer LavAbout 3.8 to 4.6 million children between the ages of nine and 17 have mental health needs. Evidence and…
- May 24, 2018
Groups File Class Action Against Calif. Over Care of Children with Disabilities
Sarah SomersRepresenting children with disabilities, Disability Rights California, National Health Law Program and Western Center for Law and Poverty today…
- February 1, 2018
HHS Approves 1115 Waiver in Indiana – Harming Medicaid Enrollees
Andy DiAntonioEarlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Indiana. The approved project is effectively a cut that…
- January 12, 2018
HHS Approves 1115 Waiver in Kentucky – Harming Medicaid Enrollees Who Need Reproductive Health Services
Andy DiAntonioEarlier today, HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Kentucky. The approved project is effectively a cut that…
- December 19, 2017
NHeLP Comments on HHS’ Draft Strategic Plan
Elizabeth G. Taylor and Andy DiAntonioThe U.S. Department of of Health and Human Services' "Draft Strategic Plan," falls far short of protecting the nation's…
- September 7, 2017
Groups Urge Congress for Quick, Bipartisan Action on CHIP
External Source and Andy DiAntonioMore than 120 public interest groups are calling on Congress to take immediate, bipartisan action to enact a five-year…
- August 31, 2017
Access to Mental Health Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Andy DiAntonioChildren with special health care needs (CSHCN) are a particularly vulnerable population who use an array of mental health…
- August 3, 2017
Medicaid EPSDT Litigation Trends
Jane PerkinsLegal Director Jane Perkins explores litigation involving Medicaid's Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) program. Perkins provides…
