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 16, 2021
Issue Brief: Private Enforcement of the Medicaid Act Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Jane PerkinsFederal law allows Medicaid beneficiaries and applicants to enforce their health care rights in court when states do not…
- July 15, 2021
Making Sure Medicaid is Ready for Public Health Emergencies
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKeeIn 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic plunged the United States into a public health crisis. This situation was not entirely…
- July 14, 2021
Medicaid During and “After” the Pandemic: Changes that Should Become Permanent Policies
Héctor Hernández-Delgado, Abigail Coursolle, Fabiola De Liban, and Elizabeth EdwardsThis paper identifies temporary policies to address COVID-19 implemented throughout the pandemic, as well as other steps taken by…
- June 29, 2021
Webinar: Quality and Accountability in Medicaid Managed Care — Where We Stand in 2021
David MachledtThis webinar presents a recent series of papers that provide tips on leveraging managed care accountability tools, locating state…
- June 29, 2021
Children’s Health Under Medicaid A National Review of Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Services 2015 – 2019
Daniel Young, Zamir M. Brown, Sarah Somers, and Jane PerkinsThe Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment program requires each state to complete a reporting form provided…
- June 28, 2021
Closing The Medicaid Coverage Gap: Preventing a Separate and Unequal Result
Madeline MorcelleExpanding Medicaid is an urgent moral, anti-racist, health equity, reproductive justice, and economic imperative. Yet today, policymakers in twelve…
- June 16, 2021
Primer: State Plan Amendments v. Section 1115 Waivers
Catherine McKee and Jane PerkinsTension and confusion can arise over how HHS allows states to change their Medicaid programs, whether through a state…
- June 15, 2021
State Approaches to Improving Reproductive and Sexual Health
Priscilla HuangNHeLP conducted a 50-state review of state Medicaid websites of COVID-19 related policies related to reproductive and sexual health…
- June 11, 2021
Demanding Ascertainable Standards: Medicaid as a Case Study
Jane PerkinsState Medicaid agencies and their contractors are increasingly relying on preset guidelines or assessment tools or both to make…
- June 11, 2021
Helping Families Obtain Durable Medical Equipment and Supplies Through The California Children’s Services (CCS) Program
Alicia Emanuel and Michelle LilienfeldThis advocates issue brief provides the framework for accessing Durable Medical Equipment and medical supplies through the California Children's…
- June 10, 2021
NHeLP AHRQ Comments
Elizabeth Edwards, David Machledt, Skyler Rosellini, and Liz McCaman TaylorIn these comments, NHeLP responds to a request for information from AHRQ regarding the use of clinical algorithms that…
- June 7, 2021
Medicaid Coverage of Medication Abortion Delivered via Telehealth
Fabiola De Liban, Madeline Morcelle, and Alexis Robles-FradetThe COVID-19 public health emergency has shown the need to increase access to health services through telehealth, including for…
- May 25, 2021
Addressing Health Equity in Medicaid Managed Care
David MachledtAdvocates have long pushed states and CMS to improve Medicaid data collection and reporting on health disparities with little…
- May 20, 2021
Primer: State Plan Amendments v. Section 1115 Waivers
Catherine McKee and Jane PerkinsTension and confusion can arise over how HHS allows states to change their Medicaid programs, whether through a state…
- May 17, 2021
Medicaid Coverage for Immigrants
Sarah Grusin and Catherine McKeeTo be eligible for full-scope Medicaid coverage, an individual must be a United States citizen or national or hold…
- April 27, 2021
NHeLP Comments on New Mexico Centennial Care 2.0 SMI Amendment
Dania DouglasIn this application, New Mexico seeks to waive the Institutes for Mental Disease (IMD) exclusion, implement High Fidelity Wraparound…
- April 15, 2021
NHeLP Urges Congress to Confirm Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as Next CMS Administrator
Madeline MorcelleNHeLP letter to Congress urging the confirmation of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as the next Administrator of the U.S. Centers for…
- April 13, 2021
Medicaid Estate Claims: Perpetuating Poverty & Inequality for a Minimal Return
National Health Law Program (NHeLP), California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR), Justice in Aging, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), and Western Center on Law & PovertyFederal law requires state Medicaid programs to seek repayment of specified Medicaid benefits, even if the state would prefer…
- April 8, 2021
Post-Abortion Contraceptive Coverage in Medicaid
Fabiola De Liban and Liz McCaman TaylorThis issue brief discusses how Medicaid allows coverage of family planning services during an abortion visit that is not…
