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.
- February 10, 2020
Karen Vaughn v. Jennifer Walthall, et al., 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Elizabeth Edwards and Sarah GrusinKaren Vaughn has lived in the community for decades with the nursing and other services she needs. In 2016…
- 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 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…
- 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 Coursolle and Andy DiAntonioThis 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…
- May 18, 2015
Health Advocate: Home & Community-Based Services
Elizabeth EdwardsThis month's issue of the Health Advocate offers guidance for advocates and a review of existing state-based transition plans…
- May 5, 2015
Medicaid Assessments for Long-Term Supports & Services (LTSS)
David MachledtLong-term care needs assessments serve a vital role in Medicaid. For individuals with disabilities and older adults, needs assessments…
- April 16, 2015
Q&A: Person Centered Planning Changes
Elizabeth EdwardsDue to regulatory changes and guidance issued over the past year, states should have evaluated and likely changed their…
- April 9, 2015
Fact Sheet – IRS Updated Guidance on HCBS Difficulty of Care Payments
Wayne TurnerLast year, the IRS announced that payments received by in-home, individual care providers under Medicaid Home and Community Based…
- 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…
- 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…
- December 11, 2014
NHeLP Matters – December 2014
Andy DiAntonioWelcome to the year's final edition of NHeLP Matters. In the past 12 months, we have fought for the…
- December 5, 2014
Q&A Relatives as Paid Providers
Elizabeth EdwardsMany states allow parents or other legally responsible relatives to become paid providers of Medicaid-funded home and community based…
