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 6, 2015
Earlier Access to Care for Uninsured Women Living with HIV and the ACA
Andy DiAntonioThe Medicaid program has traditionally served as an important safety-net program for low-income women living with HIV/AIDS; however, the…
- January 29, 2015
Q&A: CMS Guidance on EPSDT Services for Children with ASD in Medicaid
Andy DiAntonioUnder longstanding Medicaid law, the state Medicaid agency must cover particular treatments "including intensive behavioral services" if they are…
- January 22, 2015
Order Granting Preliminary Injunction in Rivera v. Douglas
Andy DiAntonioJanuary 20 Alameda County Superior Court ruling that if California is unable to determine whether an applicant is eligible…
- January 14, 2015
Health Advocate: Our New Year’s Resolutions
Susan Berke Fogel, Jane Perkins, and Mara YoudelmanThis edition of the Health Advocate previews what is ahead in the coming months including the continuing theme of Medicaid…
- January 13, 2015
Amicus brief of the National Health Law Program in Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center
Andy DiAntonioAmicus brief by NHeLP and advocates supporting the respondents and arguing that the history and purpose of the Medicaid…
- December 19, 2014
Lessons from CA: Ensuring Medi-Cal Plans Provide Services to Children
Andy DiAntonioIn this month's Lessons from California, we highlight how NHeLP worked to ensure that California's Medi-Cal managed care plans…
- December 18, 2014
NHeLP EPSDT Letter to California Department of Health Services
Andy DiAntonioThis letter urges California's Medicaid Agency to take action to instruct Medicaid Managed Care plans that they are required…
- December 11, 2014
NHeLP Matters – December 2014
Andy DiAntonioWelcome to the year's final edition of NHeLP Matters. In the past 12 months, we have fought for the…
- November 18, 2014
EPSDT – A Guide for States: Coverage in the Medicaid Benefit for Children and Adolescents
External Source and Andy DiAntonioThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) go-to resource for anyone interested in improving child health. The Guide was…
- October 29, 2014
Lessons from CA: Covering Behavioral Health Treatment in Medi-Cal
Andy DiAntonioIn this month's Lessons from California, we highlight how NHeLP is working with advocates in California to ensure the…
- October 27, 2014
CMS’s guidance on EPSDT Services for Children with ASD
Andy DiAntonioIn July, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance clarifying that evidence-based treatments for children…
- October 16, 2014
Issue Brief: Update on Private Enforcement of the Medicaid Act
Jane PerkinsOver the years, Medicaid beneficiaries have asserted claims under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution and 42 U.S.C.…
- October 14, 2014
Health Advocate: EPSDT Screening: Including Sexuality Education in Health Education
Andy DiAntonioUnder Medicaid and some Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP), youth are eligible to receive the Early and Periodic Screening,…
- August 21, 2014
Recommendations for the Modernization of the Federal Medicaid Regulations
Andy DiAntonioMedicaid managed care has changed significantly over the past decade and includes more vulnerable people who have disabilities, are…
- August 20, 2014
NHeLP and Maine Equal Justice Partners Amicus Brief: Mayhew v. Burwell; First Circuit
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKeeMaine submitted a state plan amendment to CMS to eliminate Medicaid coverage of 19-20 year olds. CMS denied the…
- July 2, 2014
Sexuality Education in Health Care Delivery for Medicaid and CHIP-Eligible Youth
Jamille Fields and Andy DiAntonioThis issue brief discusses the health education component of the EPSDT medical screens required for Medicaid and some CHIP-eligible…
- June 18, 2014
NHeLP Matters – June 2014
Andy DiAntonioSummary of the recent accomplishments of NHeLP, including protecting informed consent, stopping discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS and fighting…
- May 5, 2014
Manual: Toward a Healthy Future: Medicaid EPSDT Services for Poor Children
Jane Perkins and Sarah SomersTimely screening examinations and necessary medical treatment are needed to maintain and improve children's health. Lower-income children are at…
