Medicaid Awareness Month Resources

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.

September 1, 2016
NHeLP Comments to PERM Regulations
Leo Cuello and Andy DiAntonio
In 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 Cuello and Andy DiAntonio
In comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NHeLP Director of Health Policy Leonardo Cuello recommends that HHS…
August 24, 2016
Health Advocate: Medicaid Expansion Section 1115 Demonstrations Update
Leonardo Cuello
Health Policy Director Leonardo Cuello provides updates on the states seeking to expand Medicaid pursuant to the Affordable Care Act,…
July 18, 2016
Issue Brief: Why Are Medicaid Lock-in Programs Used and How Can They Be Improved
Jane Perkins
In this Issue Brief, Legal Director Jane Perkins explains what Medicaid lock-in programs are, what are the legal requirements…
April 26, 2016
Issue Brief: Highlights of the Medicaid Managed Care Final Regulations
Sarah Somers
HHS issued the final Medicaid Managed Care rule on April 25, 2016. This issue brief provides initial highlights of…
March 24, 2016
NHeLP Amicus Brief: Planned Parenthood v. Selig (8th Cir.)
Jane Perkins
Brief of the National Health Law Program, American Public Health Association, Center for Reproductive Rights, National Women's Law Center,…
January 20, 2016
Medicaid Access Metrics RFI Response
Abbi Coursolle and Andy DiAntonio
This is NHeLP's response to a Request For Information (RFI) released by HHS to identify metrics for access to…
January 20, 2016
NHeLP Equal Access Regulation Comments
Abbi Coursolle, Leo Cuello, and Jane Perkins
Medicaid law requires states to make payments to providers that promote quality and equal access to care for Medicaid…
June 29, 2015
Health Consumer Alliance Letter to California Department of Health Services
Abbi Coursolle, Kim Lewis, and Andy DiAntonio
The HCA commends DHCS for expanding the utilization policy to increase the number of people living with hepatitis C…
June 11, 2015
Amicus Brief: Wheaton College v. Burwell
External Source and Andy DiAntonio
NHeLP, American Public Health Association, National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, National Women's Health Network, Asian & Pacific…
June 9, 2015
Amicus Brief: Scott v. Burwell
External Source and Andy DiAntonio
NHeLP and Florida Legal Services (FLS) amicus brief in Scott v. Burwell, on behalf of the League of Women…
May 12, 2015
Protect Medicaid Funding: Women’s Health, Issue 2
Andy DiAntonio
This second issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series focuses on the impact to women's health. Medicaid provides critical…
April 30, 2015
Lessons from CA: Ending Restrictions on Access to Reproductive Health Services
Andy DiAntonio
In this month's Lessons from California, we highlight the successful efforts by NHeLP and other advocates to ensure that…
March 31, 2015
Lessons from CA: Hospital Presumptive Eligibility
Andy DiAntonio
In this month's Lessons from California, we highlight the successful efforts by NHeLP and other advocates to reverse an…
March 16, 2015
Fact Sheet: Accountable Care Organizations in Medicaid
Sarah Somers
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are entities that agree to provide coordinated care to enrollees and are eligible for incentive…
March 6, 2015
Fact Sheet: Medicaid Managed Care Litigation
Sarah Somers
This fact sheet describes recent trends in litigation related to Medicaid managed care, highlighting selected cases. It also includes…
March 4, 2015
Key Takeaways for Medicaid Health Expense Accounts
David Machledt
States reluctant to accept federal funds for the Affordable Care Act's adult Medicaid expansion have proposed health expense accounts…
March 4, 2015
Q&A: Health Expense Accounts in Medicaid
David Machledt and Jane Perkins
In considering whether to accept federal funds for the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) adult Medicaid expansion, several states have…
February 13, 2015
Top 10 Takeaways: CBO Report on Medicaid Spending Caps
Andy DiAntonio
NHeLP's Top 10 Takeaways from the November 2013 CBO report illustrating why spending caps in Medicaid are a bad…
February 9, 2015
Top 3 Takeaways: Burr-Hatch-Upton Plan to Replace the ACA
Andy DiAntonio
On February 4, 2015, three Republican legislators released a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Burr-Hatch-Upton…