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.
- March 17, 2023
Per Capita Caps vs. Block Grants in Medicaid (Updated 2023)
Mara YoudelmanWhat is the difference between per capita caps and block grants in Medicaid? Both are tools long championed by…
- March 17, 2023
Fact Sheet: What is a Per Capita Cap? (Updated 2023)
Mara YoudelmanThe current Congressional debt ceiling debate is likely to revive Republican efforts to restrict Medicaid funding. One proposal would…
- March 16, 2023
Protect Medicaid Funding series
Michelle Yiu, Emma Parker-Newton, David Machledt, Amy Chen, Madeline Morcelle, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Catherine McKee, Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, Dania Douglas, and Charly GilfoilIn an updated series of fact sheets called Protect Medicaid Funding, NHeLP provides succinct analysis of the policy proposals…
- March 13, 2023
NHeLP Comments on the HHS Prior Authorization Proposed Rule (2023)
Wayne Turner, David Machledt, and Sarah SomersIn these comments on the Prior Authorization Proposed Rule, NHeLP urges HHS to go further to curb the abuse…
- January 30, 2023
NHeLP Comments on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act;
Wayne TurnerIn these comments on the NBPP 2024 Proposed Rule, NHeLP addresses a number of issues to protect health care…
- November 8, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Eligibility and Enrollment Proposed
Dania Douglas, Elizabeth Edwards, Alicia Emanuel, Charly Gilfoil, Jennifer Lav, Kimberly Lewis, David Machledt, Sarah Somers, Wayne Turner, and Mara YoudelmanNHeLP submitted comments on the Department of Health and Human Services' Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on streamlining the Medicaid,…
- November 1, 2022
NHeLP Comments on CMS Request for Information: Promoting Efficiency, Reducing Burden, and Advancing Equity within CMS Programs
Charly GilfoilNHeLP submitted comments to CMS in response to a request for information on access to care, health equity, and…
- September 5, 2022
Demographic Data Collection in Medicaid & CHIP: CMS Authority to Collect Race & Ethnicity Data
Charly GilfoilCMS must collect information on Medicaid and CHIP enrollees' race and ethnicity to understand program quality and monitor equitable…
- June 9, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Data Collection to Support Eligibility Determinations for Insurance Affordability Programs and Enrollment through Health Insurance Marketplaces, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Program Agencies
Charly GilfoilNHeLP submitted comments asking CMS to add expanded demographic questions to the Healthcare.gov application. The Marketplace Application should capture…
- 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 MachledtThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) to develop and implement a…
- December 16, 2021
NHeLP Comments on HHS SUNSET Repeal Rule
Dania Douglas and Wayne TurnerIn the HHS SUNSET final rule, HHS sought to retroactively impose a mandatory expiration date on an estimated 18,000…
- August 26, 2021
EPSDT Trends Fact Sheet 2015 – 2019
Daniel YoungThis Fact Sheet is a companion piece to the National Health Law Program’s publication, Children’s Health Under Medicaid. A…
- August 20, 2021
NHeLP comments on Updating Payment Parameters Rule
Wayne Turner, Dania Douglas, and Fabiola CarriónIn the Updating Payment Parameters Rule (UPP Rule), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposes several important changes…
- 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 PerkinsThe Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment program requires each state to complete a reporting form provided…
- April 15, 2021
NHeLP Urges Congress to Confirm Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as Next CMS Administrator
Madeline MorcelleNHeLP letter to Congress urging the confirmation of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as the next Administrator of the U.S. Centers for…
- March 25, 2021
Fostering Equitable Access to Abortion Coverage: Reversing the Hyde Amendment
Madeline MorcelleThe future of access to abortion services is at a crossroads. The Biden-Harris administration and 117th Congress could commit…
- February 18, 2021
NHeLP Expresses Support for Xavier Becerra to be the Next HHS Secretary
Mara Youdelman and Kimberly LewisNHeLP letter to Congress urging the confirmation of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as the next Secretary of the…
- 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…
- November 5, 2020
NHeLP Comments on DHS’ Affidavit of Support on Behalf of Immigrants Proposed Rule
Priscilla HuangThe National Health Law Program submited comments in response to proposed changes to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…
- May 14, 2020
Top Ten List: Coverage of COVID Testing and Treatment for Immigrants
Sarah GrusinThe NHeLP Medicaid COVID Top 10 Series provides advocates with a useful tool to guide COVID-related work with Medicaid…