Medicaid Awareness Month Resources

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 16, 2022
Washington Medicaid Transformation Project Demonstration Extension Request
Jennifer Lav and Sarah Somers
In comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to ensure…
September 14, 2022
Steps Toward Contraceptive Equity: State Legislative Considerations for the 2023 Session
Liz McCaman Taylor
In the first regular state legislative session post-Dobbs, many state policymakers and advocates may seek to shore up contraceptive…
September 7, 2022
Washington Medicaid Transformation Project Demonstration Extension Request
Jennifer Lav and Sarah Somers
In comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Health Law Program urges HHS to ensure…
July 28, 2022
California Prepares for PHE Unwinding through Release of Operational Plan
Skyler Rosellini
COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). While not required, CMS has encouraged states to make their plans publicly available. In…
July 17, 2022
NHeLP Comments on West Virginia Creating a Continuum of Care for Medicaid Enrollees with Substance Use Disorders (SUD) Demonstration Extension Request
Hector Hernandez-Delgado
In comments to HHS, NHeLP urges the Secretary to reject West Virginia's Section 1115 demonstration extension request to continue…
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 Gilfoil
NHeLP submitted comments asking CMS to add expanded demographic questions to the Healthcare.gov application. The Marketplace Application should capture…
June 7, 2022
Medicaid, Child Welfare & Institutional Care: Qualified Residential Treatment Programs
Jennifer Lav
A landmark foster care reform law, the Family First Prevention Services Act, was intended to ensure that children are…
June 6, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Healthy Louisiana Substance Use Disorder 1115 Demonstration Extension Request
Hector Hernandez-Delgado
In comments to HHS, NHeLP urges the Secretary to reject Louisiana's Section 1115 demonstration extension request to continue waiving…
May 23, 2022
The Ongoing Racial Paradox of the Medicaid Program
Jane Perkins and Sarah Somers
This article originally appeared in the May edition of the Journal of Health and Life Sciences Law, published by…
May 16, 2022
Medicaid Coverage of Advanced Practice Prescribing for Reproductive & Sexual Health Medications
Liz McCaman Taylor and Cathren Cohen
Advanced practice providers (APPs) are licensed health care practitioners, other than physicians, who may practice independently and bill directly…
May 5, 2022
NHeLP Comments on Pennsylvania SUD Demonstration Extension
Héctor Hernández-Delgado
In comments to HHS, NHeLP urges the Secretary to reject Pennsylvania's Section 1115 demonstration extension request to continue waiving…
May 3, 2022
Scope of Practice and Medicaid: State Flexibility to Cover Advanced Practice Care
Liz McCaman Taylor and Cathren Cohen
Advanced 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 Machledt
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) to develop and implement a…
April 27, 2022
Abortion Coverage Under Medicaid
Fabiola De Liban, Cat Duffy, and Courtney Mendoza
This Q&A provides an overview of how the federal government and states cover abortion under Medicaid. The Q&A’s Appendix…
April 27, 2022
National Health Law Program Comments on Consent for Sterilization Form
Cat Duffy
The Consent for Sterilization policy has provided much-needed protection against coercive sterilization. The United States has an ugly history…
April 14, 2022
NHeLP comments on Oregon’s application for renewal of the Oregon Health Plan § 1115(a) Demonstration Waiver for 2022-2027
Sarah Somers and Wayne Turner
In public comments, NHeLP expresses support for Oregon's decision to abandon its waiver of EPSDT. However, NHeLP strongly opposes…
April 12, 2022
NHeLP Comments on the Proposed Update to the CDC’s Opioid Prescribing Guidelines
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Alexis Robles-Fradet
In these comments to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NHeLPs conveys its support for the CDC's…
April 8, 2022
More Transparency Needed to Ensure Medicaid Beneficiaries Have Access to Necessary Off-Label Prescription Drugs
Abigail Coursolle
Under federal law, state Medicaid programs are required to cover (with a few exceptions) outpatient prescription drugs for “medically…
April 6, 2022
Q&A: Recent EPSDT Cases
Jane Perkins and Amanda Avery
The Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment provisions are among the most specific in the Medicaid Act. This…
February 25, 2022
Fact Sheet: Private Enforcement of the Medicaid Act Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Jane Perkins
This Fact Sheet provides an overview of the history of private enforcement of the Medicaid Act pursuant to 42…