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
NHeLP Comments on Face to Face Requirements for Home Health Services
dfitzgeraldIn comments to CMS, NHeLP commends CMS for its proposed rule making clarifications about the home health service, 76…
- July 23, 2013
NHeLP Comments: Medicaid Program; State Plan Home and Community-Based Services, 5-Year Period for Waivers, Provider Payment Reassignment, and Setting Requirements for Community First Choice
dfitzgeraldComment letter to CMS on home and community-based services (HCBS) emphasis the promotion of self-directed HCBS, person-centered services and…
- July 23, 2013
NHeLP Guide for Evaluating State Duals Integration Demonstration Proposals
Leo Cuello and David MachledtFor full publication text, download document.
- July 23, 2013
CMS, Application for a 1915(c) Waiver: Technical Instructions and Guidance
External Source and Andy DiAntonioThis guidance provides background on the 1915(c) home- and community based waiver program and technical guidance on how to…
- July 23, 2013
Medicare Part D and Dual Eligibles: A Guide for California Advocates
dfitzgeraldI. A Quick Glance at Medicare Part D This section of the manual…
- July 23, 2013
Q & A: Responding to Medicaid Home and Community Based Service Cutbacks Pt I
Jane PerkinsThis Q&A discusses the federal legal boundaries regarding coverage of home and community based services, particularly as states look…
- July 23, 2013
Q & A: Significant ADA Case: Crabtree v. Goetz
Sarah SomersQ & A Significant ADA Case: Crabtree v. Goetz (M.D. Tenn.) Produced by Sarah Somers …
- July 23, 2013
NHeLP’s Top 5 Ways Health Reform Helps Series
Erin Armstrong, Leo Cuello, and Deborah Reid5 Ways Health Reform Helps Medicaid Beneficiaries 1. ALREADY IN PLACE: Protection for Medicaid enrollees The ACA included…
- July 23, 2013
Q&A: Medicare Part D for Dual Eligibles
dfitzgeraldQuestion: My client is a retiree over the age of 65. She continues to get health care benefits…
- July 23, 2013
Kentucky District Court Issues Good Medicaid and ADA Decision
dfitzgeraldThe Kentucky P&A has received an excellent decision in Michelle P v. Holsinger, No. 3:02-23-JMH (E.D. Ky. Feb.…
- July 23, 2013
Home & Community Care: TBI & SC Waivers
Sarah SomersThis powerpoint provides background on three typs of home and community based waivers for individuals who suffer traumatic brain…
- July 23, 2013
Massachusetts ADA Decision: Garcia v. Warring
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- July 23, 2013
Injunction prohibiting changes to home health and personal care services: AHHC
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- April 16, 2013
NHeLP’s 5 Ways Health Reform Helps Older Adults and Individuals with Disabilities
Leo Cuello and David MachledtHealth reform improves both Medicaid and Medicare, programs that are critical for older adults and persons with disabilities. NHeLP?s…