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 25, 2021
Addressing Health Equity in Medicaid Managed Care
David MachledtAdvocates have long pushed states and CMS to improve Medicaid data collection and reporting on health disparities with little…
- January 21, 2021
Finding and Analyzing Medicaid Quality Measures
David MachledtThis brief provides tools to find the major sources of state and plan-level Medicaid quality data, to learn how…
- October 18, 2019
Comments on HUD Disparate Impact Rule Changes and the Use of Algorithms
Elizabeth Edwards, David Machledt, and Hannah EichnerIn comments to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), NHeLP expresses strong opposition to the proposed rule…
- January 16, 2019
National Health Law Program Comments Regarding Proposed Rule Changes on Medicaid Managed Care and CHIP
Jane Perkins and Sarah SomersThe National Health Law Program in comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services urges it to…
- July 27, 2018
Civil, Human Rights Groups’ Amicus Brief in 2020 Census Case, San Jose v. U.S.
Jane PerkinsA broad array of civil and human rights groups filed an amicus brief in San Jose and Black Alliance…
- July 27, 2018
Civil and Human Rights Groups’ Amicus Brief in 2020 Census Case (CA v. U.S. )
Jane PerkinsAn array of advocacy groups filed an amicus brief in California v. Ross, siding with Calif. Attorney General Xavier…
- June 19, 2018
Civil and Human Rights Groups’ Amicus Brief in 2020 Census Case
dfitzgeraldMore than 140 advocacy groups filed an amicus brief siding with New York's federal court challenge to the U.S.…
- May 25, 2018
NHeLP Urges HHS to Reject Plan to Weaken Medicaid Equal Access Provisions
dfitzgeraldNational Health Law Program in comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services urges the rejection of…
- August 31, 2017
Access to Mental Health Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs
dfitzgeraldChildren with special health care needs (CSHCN) are a particularly vulnerable population who use an array of mental health…
- October 31, 2016
Comments on OMB Plan to Revise Standards on Reporting of Race and Ethnicity Data
dfitzgeraldNHeLP provided comments on the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) plan to revise its Standards for…
- October 3, 2016
The Data Project
dfitzgeraldNHeLP's Reproductive Health Data and Insurance Accountability Project (the Data Project) and the Women's Law Project on October 3…
- September 1, 2016
NHeLP Comments to PERM Regulations
Leo CuelloIn comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NHeLP Director of Health Policy Leonardo Cuello recommends that HHS…
- September 1, 2016
NHeLP Comments to MACRA Regulations
Leo CuelloIn comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NHeLP Director of Health Policy Leonardo Cuello recommends that HHS…
- June 10, 2016
Issue Brief 4: Medicaid Managed Care Final Regulations: Quality and Transparency
David Machledt and Wayne TurnerThis issue brief will review selected provisions in the final rule, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Programs,…
- February 1, 2016
NHeLP Comments: CMS-Applications to Support Eligibility Determinations for Enrollment Through Health Benefits Exchanges, Medicaid and CHIP
Mara Youdelman and dfitzgeraldCMS-10440, Data Collection To Support Eligibility Determinations for Insurance Affordability Programs and Enrollment Through Health Benefits Exchanges, Medicaid and…
- July 13, 2015
Health Advocate: The ACA and LGBT Health
Wayne TurnerIn this month's Health Advocate, NHeLP examines the issue of health care coverage and some of the important gains…
- June 30, 2015
NHeLP Comments on Out-of-Pocket (OOP) Cost Comparison Tool for the Federally-Facilitated Marketplaces
dfitzgeraldNHeLP comments on May 29, 2015 CMS Bulletin on Proposed Out-of-Pocket (OOP) Cost Comparison Tool for the Federally-facilitated Marketplaces (FFMs).…
- 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
dfitzgeraldWelcome to the year's final edition of NHeLP Matters. In the past 12 months, we have fought for the…
- September 17, 2014
Medicaid Managed Care Model Provisions, Issue 4
Mara Youdelman, Elizabeth Edwards, and dfitzgeraldOur new Medicaid Managed Care Model Provisions Series features our set of modernized model federal regulations. Each issue provides…