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.
- May 29, 2015
Lessons From CA: Essential Health Benefits
Michelle LilienfeldIntroduced by the Affordable Care Act, the Essential Health Benefits (EHBs) are a set of ten health care service…
- April 9, 2015
Fact Sheet – IRS Updated Guidance on HCBS Difficulty of Care Payments
Wayne TurnerLast year, the IRS announced that payments received by in-home, individual care providers under Medicaid Home and Community Based…
- February 13, 2015
Top 10 Takeaways: CBO Report on Medicaid Spending Caps
Andy DiAntonioNHeLP's Top 10 Takeaways from the November 2013 CBO report illustrating why spending caps in Medicaid are a bad…
- 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…
- 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 14, 2014
Health Advocate: Open Enrollment 2 (OE2): What to Expect
Mara YoudelmanThe second open enrollment period begins Nov. 15, 2014. While we are leaps and bounds from the road bumps…
- 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 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,…
- 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 24, 2014
Medicaid and SCHIP Reimbursement Models for Language Services
Mara YoudelmanIn 2000, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reminded states that they could include language services as…
- 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 14, 2014
Health Advocate: Special Enrollment Periods
Andy DiAntonioOver 8 million people are now covered by health insurance thanks to open enrollment in the federal and state…
- April 3, 2014
Q&A: EPSDT Coverage of Nutrition Services
Jane PerkinsQ&A Fact Sheet on EPSDT coverage of nutrition selection. EPSDT is a mandatory Medicaid service for children and youth under…
- April 3, 2014
Fact Sheet: Medicaid EPSDT Case Trends and Docket
Jane PerkinsThe Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) provisions are among the most specific in the Medicaid Act.…
- March 20, 2014
NHeLP Matters – March 2014
Andy DiAntonioSummary of the recent accomplishments of NHeLP, including a win for Missouri's navigators, health reform implementation and defending women's…
- February 7, 2014
Webinar: The World According To MAGI
Byron Gross and Wayne TurnerAs of January 1, 2014, states must use the new Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) methodology to determine eligibility…
- February 3, 2014
Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008
Elizabeth EdwardsThis issue brief discusses the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) and the final regulations for the…
- December 13, 2013
Health Advocate: Countdown to Open Enrollment 2013
Mara YoudelmanWhen President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law, open enrollment was 3 years,…
- July 24, 2013
NHeLP Health Principles for Child and Adolescent Health Reform
Andy DiAntonioThe National Health Law Program announced that guaranteed coverage, comprehensive coverage, coverage that is easy to obtain and retain,…
