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 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…
- June 29, 2021
Webinar: Quality and Accountability in Medicaid Managed Care — Where We Stand in 2021
David MachledtThis webinar presents a recent series of papers that provide tips on leveraging managed care accountability tools, locating state…
- 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…
- June 10, 2021
NHeLP AHRQ Comments
Elizabeth Edwards, David Machledt, Skyler Rosellini, and Liz McCaman TaylorIn these comments, NHeLP responds to a request for information from AHRQ regarding the use of clinical algorithms that…
- 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…
- April 28, 2021
NHeLP Comments on the HCBS Access Act Discussion Draft
Jennifer Lav, David Machledt, and Elizabeth EdwardsNHeLP comments in support of Senators Brown, Casey, and Hassan and Representative Dingell's HCBS Access Act discussion draft.
- December 3, 2020
NHeLP Comments on HHS Regulations Rule (aka SUNSET Rule)
Wayne Turner and Dania DouglasIn the Regulations Rule, HHS seeks to retroactively impose a mandatory expiration date on an estimated 18,000 duly promulgated…
- July 16, 2020
Amicus: Bellin v. Zucker, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Litigation TeamThe National Health Law Program, along with the Center for Medicare Advocacy and Justice in Aging, filed this brief…
- March 30, 2020
COVID-19 Changes to HCBS Using Appendix K: Approval Trends
Elizabeth EdwardsStates have many options for adjusting their Medicaid services to best meet evolving needs under the COVID-19 pandemic. One…
- December 19, 2019
Opportunities for Public Comment on HCBS Assessment Tools
Elizabeth Edwards and Sarah GrusinMedicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) are critical to ensuring people with disabilities and older adults are supported in their…
- November 7, 2019
Complaint: AA v. Gee, U.S. District Court of the Middle District of Louisiana
Kimberly Lewis and Abigail CoursolleLouisiana is failing to meet its obligation to provide mental health services to Medicaid-eligible children and families in the…
- September 19, 2017
Top 10 Threats to People With Disabilities Under the Graham-Cassidy Bill
Jennifer LavThe new Senate effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act and gut Medicaid funding, the Graham-Cassidy bill, poses threats…
- February 14, 2017
Helping Those on HCBS Waiting Lists: Positive Impacts of the ACA
Elizabeth EdwardsThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid expansion have helped improve access to home and community-based services (HCBS), as…
- 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 30, 2016
Q&A: Recoupment Following an Adverse Medicaid Appeal
Jane PerkinsLegal Director Jane Perkins provides guidance on a question regarding Medicaid managed care plans' abilities to recoup costs of…
- 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,…
- June 9, 2016
Q&A: Using Assessment Tools to Decide Medicaid Coverage
Jane PerkinsThis Q&A provides case developments in efforts to ensure that state Medicaid coverage assessment tools are used in compliance…
- March 14, 2016
Q&A The Medicaid Home Health Service Final Rule: Many Helpful Changes
Jane PerkinsThis Q&A summarizes the changes to the Medicaid home health services benefit resulting from regulations finalized in February 2016.…
- January 20, 2016
Medicaid Access Metrics RFI Response
Abbi CoursolleThis 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 PerkinsMedicaid law requires states to make payments to providers that promote quality and equal access to care for Medicaid…