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.
- July 23, 2013
Limiting Cost-Sharing in Medicaid Funded Programs
Jane Perkins and Sarah SomersQ. My state is considering implementing cost sharing for Medicaid beneficiaries, arguing that this will save money. The…
- July 23, 2013
Arizona: NHeLP Breaks Down the Arizona Maintenance of Effort Issue
Leo Cuello and Jane PerkinsThis paper describes the decision by HHS did not approve a request to waive the maintenance of effort requirement…
- July 23, 2013
North Carolina Home and Community Based Services Case: L.S., et al. v. Delia, e
External Source and Andy DiAntonioIN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION L.S., a minor child,…
- July 23, 2013
Health Advocate: Litigation Update on the ACA?s Medicaid Expansion
Leo Cuello and Jane Perkins - July 23, 2013
Medicaid Payment for Benefits Decision: Davis v. Shah
External Source and Andy DiAntonioUNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK __________________________________________ HARRY DAVIS, et al., Plaintiffs…
- July 23, 2013
D.C. Medicaid prescription drug denials case: NB v. District of Columbia
External Source and Andy DiAntonioUnited States Court of Appeals For the District of Columbia Circuit Argued April 16, 2012 Decided June 8, 2012 …
- July 23, 2013
District Court decision in Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina v. Cans
External Source and Andy DiAntonioDistrict Court opinion granting summary judgment and permanently enjoining enforcement of legislation that would exclude Planned Parenthood of Central…
- July 23, 2013
Federal Court Order Approving Settlement Agreement in Van Meter v. Harvey
External Source and Andy DiAntonio - July 23, 2013
Q&A: The Supreme Court’s Decision on the ACA’s Medicaid Expansion
Jane Perkins and Sarah SomersThe Supreme Court's 2012 decision in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (NFIB) upheld the Affordable Care ActÍs…
- July 23, 2013
How Health Reform’s Medicaid Expansion Will Impact State Budgets
Andy DiAntonioThis issue brief from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities examines the financial impact of the adult Medicaid…
- July 23, 2013
Amicus Curiae Brief of Members of Congress in Second Circuit Case re Constituti
External Source and Andy DiAntonio - July 23, 2013
Federal Court Orders Disclosure of Medicaid Managed Care Treatment Guidelines:
External Source and Andy DiAntonio - July 23, 2013
Q & A: Preemption and the Medicaid Act – State Court
Sarah SomersThis Q & A describes significant state court cases finding that the Medicaid Act preempts state law. …
- July 23, 2013
Issue Brief: Update on Section 1983 Enforcement of the Medicaid Act
Jane PerkinsThis issue brief discusses recent trends affecting private enforcement of the Medicaid Act in federal court, focusing on 42…
- July 23, 2013
Q & A: Recent Settlements in Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver Cases
Sarah SomersQ & A: Recent Medicaid Settlements in Washington and Florida On December 20, 2006, the Federal District…
- July 23, 2013
Testimony of NHeLP’s Jane Perkins to House Government Reform Subcommittee on Dental Services
Jane Perkins�NHeLP Legal Director Jane Perkins addresses the performance of states in assuring that children obtain dental services through the…
- July 23, 2013
Testimony of Laurie Norris, Public Justice Center, to House Government Reform Subcommittee
Charlie Blodnieks�Deamonte Driver, age 12, died as a result of an untreated infected tooth that resulted in a massive brain…
- July 23, 2013
Q & A: Publicly Available Data in Medicaid Managed Care
Jane Perkins�This Q&A discusses accountability and stewardship standards in managed care, particularly public reporting requirements for states and managed care…
- July 23, 2013
Fact Sheet: Update on Federal Court AccessAbstention
Sarah SomersUpdate on Federal Court Access -- Abstentionproduced bySarah Somers and Natalie Keanwith a grant from the Training and Advocacy…
