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
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
Federal Court Orders California to Help Children in State Mental Hospitals
Andy DiAntonioFederal Court Orders California to Help Children in State Mental HospitalsFinal Order Issued in Emily Q. v. BontáMay 11,…
- July 23, 2013
18 Organizations Express Concern over Rollback of Civil Rights by the U.S. Supr
Andy DiAntonioA Statement from: The African American Policy Forum? American Civil Liberties Union? Asian American Legal Defense and…
- July 23, 2013
Circuit Courts Hold Private Citizens Can Enforce the Medicaid Act
Andy DiAntonioCircuit Courts Hold Private Citizens Can Enforce the Medicaid Act The Sixth and Fourth Circuit Courts of Appeal have…
- July 23, 2013
Sixth Circuit EPSDT Decision: Westside Mothers v. Haveman
External Source and Andy DiAntonio - July 23, 2013
Fourth Circuit Allows Medicaid Case to Proceed
Andy DiAntonioOn May 9th, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals became the first circuit court to decide a novel…
- July 23, 2013
The New Federalism: Strict construction v. Ahistorical literalism
Jane PerkinsThis memo provides background on the Eleventh Amendment, sovereign immunity, and the Ex parte Young exception; and summarizes past…
- July 23, 2013
Gonzaga University v. Doe: Supreme Court Tightens Scope of Rights Enforceable U
External SourceThis paper describes the Supreme Court holding that one provision of the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)…
- July 23, 2013
Injunction prohibiting changes to home health and personal care services: AHHC
External Source and Andy DiAntonio - July 23, 2013
Q & A: Deference Owed to State Medicaid Manual and Federal Letters
Jane PerkinsQuestion: Our office is involved in a dispute with the state over its implementation of the Medicaid program.…
- July 23, 2013
Q & A on Abrogation of 11th Amendment Immunity under Title II of the ADA
External SourceTA QUESTION OF THE MONTH Prepared by the Disabilities Law Project and the Bazelon Center for Mental…
- July 23, 2013
Pennsylvania District Court Finds Medicaid Claims Uneneforceable under Gonzaga
Andy DiAntonioPennsylvania District Court Issues Mixed Decision in Medicaid Dental Case The Middle District of Pennsylvania has issued an important…
- July 23, 2013
EPSDT Case Docket
Jane PerkinsThis docket summarizes published, reported and unreported federal and state court cases that discuss Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening,…
- July 23, 2013
Eighth Circuit Rules Congress Lacks Power to Prohibit Fee for Disabled Placards
External Source - July 23, 2013
EPSDT Case Docket – Behavioral and Mental Health
Jane PerkinsThis docket summarizes published, reported, and unreported federal and state court cases that discuss the Medicaid EPSDT program as…
