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 to CMS on Medicare Program; Emergency Medical Treatment and Labo
Alejandra PavisichNHeLP notes that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) is a crucial last resort to access care…
- July 23, 2013
Health Care Refusals: Undermining Quality Care for Women
Susan Berke FogelFor full publication text, download document. The executive summary to this report can be found here.
- July 23, 2013
Over the Counter or Out of Reach? A Report on Evolving State Medicaid Policies
Susan Berke Fogel and Deborah ReidIntroduction Plan B® emergency contraception (EC) is a safe, effective method to prevent unintended pregnancies…
- July 23, 2013
NHeLP Comments Opposed to HHS Refusal Regulations (Sept. ’08)
dfitzgeraldSeptember 25, 2008 Department of Health and Human Services Office of Public Health and Science …
- July 23, 2013
APHA Adopts Policies on Reproductive Health, Immigrant Health
dfitzgeraldThis brief describes NHeLP contributions to two key policies related to reproductive health and immigrant health adopted by the…
- July 23, 2013
Summary Comparison of Regulations on Reproductive Health Access
dfitzgeraldSummary Comparison of the January 2001 Final, the August 2001 Proposed and the June 2002 Final BBA Medicaid Managed…
- July 23, 2013
Contraceptive Equity Statutes
dfitzgeraldThis chart describes state statutes requiring contraceptive coverage equity, including coverage requirements and any exemptions.
- July 23, 2013
Part 438, Subpart C _ Enrollee Rights and Protections, Final Medicaid Managed C
External SourceThis final rules describes the requirements on managed care plans related to enrollee rights and protections.
- July 23, 2013
Access to Reproductive Health Services: A Checklist for Consumers and Advocates
dfitzgeraldIncreasingly, employers, private insurers, state Medicaid agencies and the federal Medicare program are contracting with hospitals and health…
- July 23, 2013
Medicaid Managed Care and Due Process Rights: What Do HMOs Have to Tell You Whe
dfitzgeraldMedicaid Managed Care and Due Process Rights: What Do HMOs Have to Tell You When They Deny…
- July 23, 2013
Reproductive Health Services and Expansion of Religious Health Entities: Bill I
dfitzgeraldThis paper discusses a California bill aimed at ensuring access to reproductive health services despite the expansion of religious…
- July 23, 2013
Catholic Health Systems Getting Bigger
dfitzgeraldCatholic Health Systems Getting Bigger April 1999 Catholic Institutions alone control 600 hospitals, 140,000 hospital beds,…
- July 23, 2013
New Mexico Supreme Court Requires Medicaid to Cover All Medically Necessary Abo
External SourceNM Supreme Court Requires Medicaid to Cover All Medically Necessary Abortions January 1999 The New Mexico…
- July 23, 2013
NHeLP Comments: Medicare + Choice Interim Final Regulations Pertaining to Repro
dfitzgeraldNHeLP's comments on the Medicare + Choice Interim Final Regulations, focused on reproductive health and advance directives, urge for…
- July 23, 2013
NHeLP Amicus Brief in Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation v. Kathleen
Sarah SomersNHeLP amicus brief in Conestoga Wood Specialties v. Kathleen Sebelius arguing that established standards of medical care and prevailing…
- July 23, 2013
NHeLP Amicus Brief in Frank O’Brien Jr. v. HHS
Jane PerkinsNHeLP amicus brief in Frank O?Brien Jr. v. HHS defending the Affordable Care Act?s contraceptive coverage requirements in a…
- July 23, 2013
NHeLP Amicus Brief in William Grote III v. Kathleen Sebelius
Jane PerkinsNHeLP amicus brief in William Grote III v. Kathleen Sebelius defending the Affordable Care Act?s contraceptive coverage requirements before…
- July 23, 2013
NHELP Amicus Brief in Annex Medical Inc. v. Kathleen Sebelius
Jane PerkinsNHeLP amicus brief in Annex Medical Inc. v. Kathleen Sebelius defending the Affordable Care Act?s contraceptive coverage requirements before…