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 16, 2023
Protect Medicaid Funding series (2023)
Michelle Yiu, Emma Parker-Newton, David Machledt, Amy Chen, Madeline Morcelle, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Catherine McKee, Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, Dania Douglas, and Charly GilfoilA 2024 update of this series can be found here. In an updated series of fact sheets called Protect…
- 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…
- March 7, 2023
National Health Law Program Comments on HHS’s Proposed Changes to Health Care Refusal Regulations
Madeline Morcelle, Charly Gilfoil, Cat Duffy, and Héctor Hernández-DelgadoThe National Health Law Program submitted comments on the Department of Health and Human Services's (HHS) Notice of Proposed…
- February 23, 2023
Issue Brief Series on California’s Reparations Task Force Newly Released Interim Report
Jasmine Young and Skyler RoselliniOn September 30, 2020, the California Reparations Task Force was formed, which is the first of its kind in…
- February 19, 2023
Protecting People with Disabilities and People with Limited English Proficiency during the Unwinding of the Continuous Coverage Provision
Elizabeth Edwards and Mara YoudelmanState planning for the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage provision needs to include evaluation of a state's processes,…
- February 6, 2023
Ten Ways the “Better Care Better Jobs Act” Helps Older Adults & People with Disabilities
Jennifer Lav and Dania DouglasMedicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) play a critical role in helping people with disabilities and older adults…
- January 31, 2023
Reforming Medicaid Coverage Toward Reproductive Justice
Madeline MorcelleThis article appeared in Volume 48, Issue 2–3 of the American Journal of Law & Medicine, North America’s leading…
- October 11, 2022
Webinar: Gender-Affirming Care 101 for California Advocates
Skyler Rosellini and Abigail CoursolleThis webinar provides an overview of the legal requirements on Medi-Cal and private health plans in California to provide…
- October 3, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Section 1557 Proposed Rule
Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, Elizabeth Edwards, Madeline Morcelle, Abigail Coursolle, Charly Gilfoil, Jennifer Lav, Skyler Rosellini, Alicia Emanuel, Cat Duffy, Catherine McKee, Fabiola De Liban, David Machledt, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Dania Douglas, and Carly MyersNHeLP submitted comments on the Department of Health and Human Services' Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to implement Section 1557…
- August 15, 2022
Questions and Answers on the 2022 Proposed Rule Addressing Nondiscrimination Protections under the ACA’s Section 1557
Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, Abigail Coursolle, Elizabeth Edwards, Jennifer Lav, and Madeline MorcelleIn courts and through regulatory action, the Biden-Harris administration is vigorously working to address health equity. This includes strengthening…
- May 23, 2022
The Ongoing Racial Paradox of the Medicaid Program
Jane Perkins and Sarah SomersThis article originally appeared in the May edition of the Journal of Health and Life Sciences Law, published by…
- April 6, 2022
Q&A: Recent EPSDT Cases
Jane Perkins and Amanda AveryThe Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment provisions are among the most specific in the Medicaid Act. This…
- February 25, 2022
Fact Sheet: Private Enforcement of the Medicaid Act Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Jane PerkinsThis Fact Sheet provides an overview of the history of private enforcement of the Medicaid Act pursuant to 42…
- 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…
- December 8, 2021
NHeLP Comments on the No Surprises Act Interim Final Rule, Part 2
Skyler RoselliniIn December 2020, Congress passed the No Surprises Act; a federal effort to protect people from surprise medical bills.…
- September 15, 2021
Comments on NIST Proposal for Identifying & Managing Bias in AI
Elizabeth EdwardsAs awareness grows of the biases baked into artificial intelligence and other automated decision making, and the real world…
- September 8, 2021
NHeLP Letter to Congressional Leadership on HCBS and Coverage Gap
Elizabeth G. Taylor, Jennifer Lav, Madeline Morcelle, David Machledt, Mara Youdelman, and Dania DouglasAs the Senate and House move forward on landmark Medicaid legislation, the National Health Law Program urges Congressional leaders…
- August 26, 2021
Testimony of NHeLP’s Madeline Morcelle at Congressional Briefing on the Lift the Bar Act of 2021
Madeline MorcelleMadeline Morcelle, a staff attorney in the National Health Law Program’s Washington, DC office, presented at a congressional briefing…
- August 19, 2021
NHeLP Comments on Office of Minority Health “Request for Information” on Best Practices for Advancing Cultural Competency, Language Access and Sensitivity Toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Mara YoudelmanNHeLP comments on a request for information from the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH). OMH solicited input on…
- June 11, 2021
Demanding Ascertainable Standards: Medicaid as a Case Study
Jane PerkinsState Medicaid agencies and their contractors are increasingly relying on preset guidelines or assessment tools or both to make…
