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.
- May 30, 2023
Trends in State Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding Plans
Cassandra LaRoseAs part of the Medicaid continuous coverage unwinding, states were required to create plans to describe how they will…
- May 9, 2023
Women’s Health Defense Table Letter to Congressional Leadership Opposing Medicaid Work Requirements
Madeline MorcelleOn May 9th, 2023, more than fifty organizational members of the Women's Health Defense Table (WHDT)* and national allies…
- May 2, 2023
Protect Medicaid Funding Issue #12: LGBTQI+ People
Charly Gilfoil and Michelle YiuAs part of our Protect Medicaid Funding series, NHeLP provides succinct analysis of the policy proposals that if enacted…
- April 20, 2023
Risks and Rewards of Demographic Data Collection: How Effective Data Privacy Can Promote Health Equity
Charly Gilfoil, Naomi G. Goldberg, Patrick L. Mason, Mary Lou Breslin, Silvia Yee, and Georgia BurkeThis four-part report series is a joint project of the National Health Law Program, the Disability Rights Education and…
- April 3, 2023
National Health Law Program Comments on the DEA’s Proposed Rule on Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Medications
Madeline Morcelle and Skyler RoselliniThe National Health Law Program (NHeLP) submitted comments on the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, "Telemedicine…
- March 13, 2023
NHeLP Comments on the HHS Prior Authorization Proposed Rule (2023)
Wayne Turner, David Machledt, and Sarah SomersIn these comments on the Prior Authorization Proposed Rule, NHeLP urges HHS to go further to curb the abuse…
- March 7, 2023
National Health Law Program Comments on HHS’s Proposed Changes to Health Care Refusal Regulations
Madeline Morcelle, Charly Gilfoil, Cat Duffy, and Héctor Hernández-DelgadoThe National Health Law Program submitted comments on the Department of Health and Human Services's (HHS) Notice of Proposed…
- November 1, 2022
Joint comment letter: Temporary Increase in Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) in Response to the COVID–19 Public Health Emergency (PHE); Reopening of Public Comment Period
Miriam Delaney Heard and Wayne TurnerIn the last days of the Trump administration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized an Interim…
- October 11, 2022
Webinar: Gender-Affirming Care 101 for California Advocates
Skyler Rosellini and Abigail CoursolleThis webinar provides an overview of the legal requirements on Medi-Cal and private health plans in California to provide…
- October 11, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Request for Information: Federal Evidence Agenda on LGBTQI+ Equity
Charly GilfoilNHeLP submitted comments to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in response to a request for…
- October 3, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Section 1557 Proposed Rule
Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, Elizabeth Edwards, Madeline Morcelle, Abigail Coursolle, Charly Gilfoil, Jennifer Lav, Skyler Rosellini, Alicia Emanuel, Cat Duffy, Catherine McKee, Fabiola Carrión, David Machledt, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Dania Douglas, and Carly MyersNHeLP submitted comments on the Department of Health and Human Services' Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to implement Section 1557…
- July 28, 2022
Essential Health Benefits: Best Practices in Benchmark Selection
Wayne Turner and Héctor Hernández-DelgadoThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) established a comprehensive set of ten Essential Health Benefits (EHB) that most health plans…
- June 9, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Data Collection to Support Eligibility Determinations for Insurance Affordability Programs and Enrollment through Health Insurance Marketplaces, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Program Agencies
Charly GilfoilNHeLP submitted comments asking CMS to add expanded demographic questions to the Healthcare.gov application. The Marketplace Application should capture…
- May 16, 2022
Medicaid Coverage of Advanced Practice Prescribing for Reproductive & Sexual Health Medications
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 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…
- April 27, 2022
National Health Law Program Comments on Consent for Sterilization Form
Cat DuffyThe Consent for Sterilization policy has provided much-needed protection against coercive sterilization. The United States has an ugly history…
- February 11, 2022
NHeLP letter to HHS Sec. Becerra – Re: Advancing Health Equity Through Essential Health Benefits
Wayne Turner, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, and Fabiola CarriónThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) established a comprehensive set of ten Essential Health Benefits (EHB) that most health plans…
- January 27, 2022
NHeLP Comments on 2023 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters Proposed Rule
Mara Youdelman, Dania Douglas, Wayne Turner, David Machledt, Cathren Cohen, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Abigail Coursolle, Alicia Emanuel, Elizabeth Edwards, and Charly GilfoilNHeLP submitted comments on a vareity of topics addressed in the annual Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters proposed…
- 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…