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.

August 31, 2016
Issue Brief 6: Medicaid Managed Care Final Regulations: Older Adults
Leo Cuello and Andy DiAntonio
In this issue brief, Leonardo Cuello reviews the recently finalized Medicaid managed care regulations, and how they impact access…
August 26, 2016
Amicus Brief: State of Alaska v. Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest
Catherine McKee
NHeLP and the Northern Justice Project filed an amicus brief in support of Planned Parenthood and urging affirmance of…
August 24, 2016
Health Advocate: Medicaid Expansion Section 1115 Demonstrations Update
Leonardo Cuello
Health Policy Director Leonardo Cuello provides updates on the states seeking to expand Medicaid pursuant to the Affordable Care Act,…
August 19, 2016
NHeLP Comments: Arkansas Works 1115 Demonstration
Leo Cuello and Andy DiAntonio
In comments to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, NHeLP Director of Health Policy Leonardo…
July 29, 2016
Lessons from CA: Celebrating 50 Years of Medi-Cal and Looking Ahead
Andy DiAntonio
Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program, turns 50 this year, and today provides critical health care services to more than 10…
July 18, 2016
Issue Brief: Why Are Medicaid Lock-in Programs Used and How Can They Be Improved
Jane Perkins
In this Issue Brief, Legal Director Jane Perkins explains what Medicaid lock-in programs are, what are the legal requirements…
June 30, 2016
Q&A: Recoupment Following an Adverse Medicaid Appeal
Jane Perkins
Legal Director Jane Perkins provides guidance on a question regarding Medicaid managed care plans' abilities to recoup costs of…
June 29, 2016
Lessons from CA: California Limits Medi-Cal Estate Recovery
Michelle Lilienfeld
Beginning in 2017, California will limit its Medicaid (Medi-Cal in CA) estate recovery to what is federally required. This month's Lessons from…
June 23, 2016
Issue Brief 5: Medicaid Managed Care Final Regulations and Reproductive Health
Catherine McKee
In this issue brief, NHeLP Staff Attorney Catherine McKee reviews the recently finalized Medicaid managed care regulations, and how…
June 10, 2016
Issue Brief 4: Medicaid Managed Care Final Regulations: Quality and Transparency
David Machledt and Wayne Turner
This issue brief will review selected provisions in the final rule, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Programs,…
June 9, 2016
Q&A: Using Assessment Tools to Decide Medicaid Coverage
Jane Perkins
This Q&A provides case developments in efforts to ensure that state Medicaid coverage assessment tools are used in compliance…
June 6, 2016
NHeLP Letter of Support for SB 10
Andy DiAntonio
In a letter to Gov. Edmund G. Brown, NHeLP expresses support for SB 10, which would allow undocumented immigrants…
June 6, 2016
EPSDT in the Final Medicaid Managed Care Regulations
Jane Perkins
In a letter to CMS the National Health Law Program asks for an amendment to the final regulations on…
May 31, 2016
Lessons from CA: Expanding Full-Scope Medi-Cal to All Children
Andy DiAntonio
In this month's Lessons from California, we highlight the successful efforts in California to cover up to 170,000 undocumented children…
May 26, 2016
Issue Brief 3: Medicaid Managed Care Regulations: Network Adequacy & Access
Abbi Coursolle and Andy DiAntonio
This issue brief will review selected provisions in the final rule, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Programs,…
May 19, 2016
Health Advocate: Medicaid Managed Care Final Regulations Released
Sarah Somers
In this month's Health Advocate, we summarize some of the major provisions in the final rule that are new…
May 16, 2016
Issue Brief: Highlights of the Section 1557 Final Rule
Jane Perkins, Wayne Turner, Mara Youdelman, and Elizabeth Edwards
This issue brief provides an initial analysis of the Department of Health and Human Services' final rule implementing §…
May 12, 2016
Issue Brief 2: Medicaid Managed Care Final Regulations Grievance & Appeals Systems
Jane Perkins
This issue brief will review selected provisions in the final rule, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Programs,…
May 11, 2016
Fact Sheet: Medicaid EPSDT Litigation – Case Trends (Updated June 2, 2016)
Jane Perkins
The Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) provisions are among the most specific in the Medicaid Act. Promising…
May 6, 2016
Issue Brief 1: Medicaid Managed Care Final Regulations and Health Equity
Mara Youdelman
This issue brief reviews selected provisions in the final rule, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Programs, Medicaid…