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 7, 2022
Washington Medicaid Transformation Project Demonstration Extension Request
Jennifer Lav and Sarah SomersIn comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to ensure…
- May 3, 2022
Scope of Practice and Medicaid: State Flexibility to Cover Advanced Practice Care
Liz McCaman Taylor and Cathren CohenAdvanced practice providers (APPs) are licensed health care practitioners, other than physicians, who may practice independently and bill directly…
- May 2, 2022
NHeLP Comments on CMS Request for Information on Access to Coverage and Care in Medicaid & CHIP
Charly Gilfoil, Cat Duffy, Abigail Coursolle, Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, Jennifer Lav, Elizabeth Edwards, and David MachledtThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) to develop and implement a…
- March 22, 2022
Statement for the Record to the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging on Home and Community Based Services
Dania Douglas, Jennifer Lav, and David MachledtOn March 23, 2022 the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing titled: “An Economy That…
- February 8, 2022
Statement for the Record to the United States Senate Committee on Finance on Youth Mental Health
Jennifer LavNHeLP submitted a statement for the record to the Senate Finance Committee on approaches to improve coverage and services…
- February 1, 2022
Children’s Behavioral Health Mobile Response and Stabilization Services
Jennifer Lav and Kimberly LewisMobile Response and Stabilization Services (MRSS) is a specific kind of mobile crisis service and stabilization service for children…
- December 16, 2021
NHeLP Comments on HHS SUNSET Repeal Rule
Dania Douglas and Wayne TurnerIn the HHS SUNSET final rule, HHS sought to retroactively impose a mandatory expiration date on an estimated 18,000…
- November 12, 2021
Comments to Senate Finance Committee on Improving Behavioral Health Care
Jennifer LavIn these comments, NHeLP offers policy options where additional legislation, oversight, or guidance would further the Senate Finance Committee’s…
- November 1, 2021
Comments: Utah Primary Care Network Extension Request
Catherine McKee, Jane Perkins, and Jennifer LavIn comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program explains that the initial…
- November 1, 2021
Comments: New Hampshire Section 1115 Demonstration Amendment Request
Jennifer LavIn comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to reject…
- September 30, 2021
Comments on Reassignment of Medicaid Provider Claims Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Jennifer LavThese comments support a CMS proposed rule that would allow states to make deductions for health, training, and other…
- 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…
- 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…
