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.
- June 13, 2017
Evaluating Functional Assessments for Older Adults
David MachledtState Medicaid agencies and their contractors rely on functional assessment tools to make coverage and eligibility decisions for long-term…
- May 25, 2017
Protect Medi-Cal Funding Series, Older Adults, and Individuals with Disabilities
Andy DiAntonioCalifornia's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, is vital to the health of millions of older adults and individuals with disabilities in…
- March 15, 2017
Health Services in Schools: Medicaid and Special Education Services
Andy DiAntonioThis fact sheet provides information about health services for children, under age of 21, in schools. Many of the…
- February 15, 2017
Congressional Plans to Repeal the ACA Will Harm Victims of Black Lung
Sarah SomersAs NPR has recently noted black lung is not a thing of the past, with the numbers of those…
- January 11, 2017
Ten Ways the Affordable Care Act Helps Older Adults and People with Disabilities
David MachledtNHeLP Senior Policy Analyst David Machledt provides a succinct examination of the ways the Affordable Care Act is improving the…
- December 19, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Older Adults and Individuals with Disabilities, Issue 3
David MachledtThis third issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series centers on policies to cut or cap Medicaid funding, and…
- September 1, 2016
NHeLP Comments to MACRA Regulations
Leo Cuello and Andy DiAntonioIn comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NHeLP Director of Health Policy Leonardo Cuello recommends that HHS…
- May 19, 2016
Health Advocate: Medicaid Managed Care Final Regulations Released
Sarah SomersIn this month's Health Advocate, we summarize some of the major provisions in the final rule that are new…
- April 20, 2016
Health Advocate: Section 1332 Waivers for State Innovation and Medicaid
Leo Cuello and Andy DiAntonioIn December 2015, CMS provided guidance on section 1332 waivers and clarified the interactions between section 1332 and Medicaid.…
- March 17, 2016
Health Advocate: HCBS State Transition Plans & Implementation Updates
David MachledtIn this month's Health Advocate, we assess CMS regulations that define the home and community-based services (HCBS) delivery system…
- July 30, 2015
Lessons from CA: Ensuring Medi-Cal Plans Provide Durable Medical Equipment
Abbi Coursolle, Kim Lewis, and Andy DiAntonioIn this month's Lessons from California, we highlight the successful efforts by NHeLP and other advocates to ensure that…
- March 10, 2015
Common Issues, Model Comments & State Samples for HCBS Transition Plans: A Tool for Continued Advocacy
Elizabeth EdwardsAdvocacy on State Transition Plans for compliance with the recent HCBS regulations on community settings is ongoing from comments…
- February 9, 2015
Top 3 Takeaways: Burr-Hatch-Upton Plan to Replace the ACA
Andy DiAntonioOn February 4, 2015, three Republican legislators released a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Burr-Hatch-Upton…
- January 22, 2015
Order Granting Preliminary Injunction in Rivera v. Douglas
Andy DiAntonioJanuary 20 Alameda County Superior Court ruling that if California is unable to determine whether an applicant is eligible…
- 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…
- January 13, 2015
Amicus brief of the National Health Law Program in Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center
Andy DiAntonioAmicus brief by NHeLP and advocates supporting the respondents and arguing that the history and purpose of the Medicaid…
- January 9, 2015
Letter to HHS Office of Civil Rights on pending HIV discrimination complaint
Jane Perkins and Wayne TurnerThe National Health Law Program and The AIDS Institute (TAI) sent the attached letter to the HHS Office of…
