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.
- April 22, 2024
COVID-19 Continuous Coverage and Public Health Emergency (PHE) Unwinding Resources
Kimberly Lewis, Alicia Emanuel, Sarah Grusin, and Michelle YiuComprehensive list of Public Health Emergency (PHE) and continuous coverage unwinding guidance and resources for advocates. Resources have been…
- April 17, 2024
New Medicaid & CHIP Eligibility and Enrollment Rule: What Advocates Need to Know
Charly Gilfoil and Alicia EmanuelIn April 2024, HHS published a final rule that seeks to reduce complexity in Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance…
- April 1, 2024
Comments on Arkansas IMD and Reentry Demonstration Proposal
Jennifer LavIn comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to reject…
- March 25, 2024
Comments on Montana Healing and Ending Addiction through Recovery and Treatment (HEART) 1115 Demonstration Waiver Amendment Application
Jennifer LavIn comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to reject…
- March 19, 2024
Medicaid and CHIP Reimbursement Models for Language Services: 2024 Update
Mara YoudelmanAccess to language services, such as oral interpreting or written translation services, is critical to enhancing patients’ understanding of…
- March 15, 2024
NHeLP, Whitman-Walker Institute, and Fenway Institute Comment on NCQA’s Changes to Cross-Cutting Quality Measures in 2025
Charly GilfoilNHeLP and partners Whitman-Walker Institute and Fenway Institute commented in support of the proposed gender-inclusive adjustment to NCQA's chlamydia…
- March 12, 2024
Pharmacy Billing for Contraception
Christina Piecora and Liz McCaman TaylorThis white paper provides an overview of the systemic and individual payer-based barriers to full implementation of pharmacist prescribing…
- March 12, 2024
DOJ and OCR Complaints: Complaints Filed Against Medicaid Programs in DC and Texas
Elizabeth Edwards, Jane Perkins, and Litigation TeamThe National Health Law Program (NHeLP), together with Disability Rights DC at University Legal Services (DRDC) and Disability Rights…
- March 8, 2024
NHeLP’s Framing and Language in the Doula Medicaid Project
Michelle YiuIn recent years, NHeLP has encountered discussions regarding the problematic etymology of the term “doula” as associated with slavery.…
- February 21, 2024
Testimony to Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Health Care: Promise and Pitfalls
Elizabeth EdwardsNHeLP submitted written testimony to the February 8, 2024 Senate Finance Committee meeting on AI and health care that…
- February 12, 2024
Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding: Messaging and Outreach Resources
Michelle YiuState Medicaid agencies are beginning to unwind the Medicaid continuous coverage provisions enacted in early 2020 to adapt to…
- February 7, 2024
AMICUS: Planned Parenthood of Montana v. Montana, Supreme Court of the State of Montana
Catherine McKeeIn 2023, Montana imposed severe restrictions on coverage of abortion services for individuals enrolled in Medicaid. Reproductive health providers…
- February 2, 2024
Case Update: Supplemental Complaint file in Rose v. Becerra
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKeeThis case update focuses on Rose v. Becerra, which challenges approval of a Section 1115 Medicaid project in Indiana.…
- January 31, 2024
Explainer: FTC Complaint Requests Investigation into Deloitte’s Texas Medicaid Eligibility System
Elizabeth Edwards, Sarah Grusin, and Cassandra LaRoseHundreds of thousands of Texas Medicaid enrollees have been harmed by wrongful terminations and other errors in the state’s…
- January 30, 2024
FAQ: Medi-Cal Managed Care Enrollment for Foster Youth
Abigail Coursolle and Carly MyersThis FAQ answers common questions about when children and youth in California's child welfare system about enrolling in Medi-Cal…
- January 29, 2024
Medi-Cal Enhanced Care Management for Children and Youth
Carly Myers and Abigail CoursolleThis factsheet provides an overview of a new Medi-Cal managed care benefit called Enhanced Care Management (ECM) for children…
- January 8, 2024
Comments on the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2025
Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, Jasmine Young, Charly Gilfoil, Elizabeth Edwards, Alexis Robles-Fradet, Michelle Yiu, Sarah Somers, Miriam Delaney Heard, Abigail Coursolle, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, and Dania DouglasComments on the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2025; Updating Section 1332 Waiver Public Notice Procedures; Medicaid;…
- January 8, 2024
Accessing Contraceptives in Florida: A Toolkit for Young Adults
Christina Piecora, Liz McCaman Taylor, Madeline Morcelle, Kally Xu, Andrea Schmidt, Logan Foster, and Charlotte CasselThis Toolkit was created in partnership with the Florida Health Justice Project (FHJP) with the goal of equipping young…
- December 14, 2023
A Quick and Easy Method of Screening for Medicaid Eligibility under the Pickle Amendment: 2024 Update
Jennifer Lav“A Quick and Easy Method of Screening for Medicaid Eligibility under the Pickle Amendment: 2024 Update” is a screening…
- December 13, 2023
Paying Family Caregivers: State Options, Limitations, and Policy Considerations
Elizabeth EdwardsPaying family caregivers for Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) has risen in popularity over the past several years…