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.
- May 2, 2016
Q&A: Differences Between Marketplace and Medicaid MAGI
Wayne TurnerThis Q&A outlines a common error made by states when determining eligibility under Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI), leading…
- April 29, 2016
Lessons from CA: Marketplace Benefits and Networks
Michelle LilienfeldThis month's Lessons from California highlights California's update to its Marketplace benefit design for 2017 and changes that were…
- April 26, 2016
Covered California: Proposed 2017 Benefit Design
Kim Lewis and Michelle LilienfeldWritten comments in response to the recommended 2017 Benefit Designs presented at the January 21, 2016 Covered California Board…
- April 26, 2016
Covered California: 2016 Benefit Designs: Cost Sharing for Prescription Drugs & Tiered Network Designs
Abbi Coursolle, Kim Lewis, and Andy DiAntonioRecommendations concerning the changes the California Covered Board will contemplate at its Board meeting this month regarding the 2016…
- April 26, 2016
Issue Brief: Highlights of the Medicaid Managed Care Final Regulations
Sarah SomersHHS issued the final Medicaid Managed Care rule on April 25, 2016. This issue brief provides initial highlights of…
- April 22, 2016
Managed Care in California Series, Issue 7: Monitoring Access in the Medi-Cal Program
Abbi Coursolle and Andy DiAntonioThe federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently approved a request by the California Department of Health…
- April 20, 2016
Health Advocate: Section 1332 Waivers for State Innovation and Medicaid
Leo Cuello and Andy DiAntonioIn December 2015, CMS provided guidance on section 1332 waivers and clarified the interactions between section 1332 and Medicaid.…
- April 12, 2016
CMS Highlights State Policies to Improve Access to Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Methods
Catherine McKeeThe Maternal and Infant Health Initiative, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an Informational Bulletin highlighting state…
- March 31, 2016
Lessons from CA: HCBS Payments to Caregivers and MAGI
Michelle Lilienfeld and Wayne TurnerThis month's Lessons from California highlights an important state policy change to the treatment of payments received by in-home,…
- March 24, 2016
Amicus Brief: California v. Trump
Andy DiAntonioThe National Health Law Program (NHeLP) filed on October 21, a "friend of the court" brief in federal court…
- March 24, 2016
NHeLP Amicus Brief: Planned Parenthood v. Selig (8th Cir.)
Jane PerkinsBrief of the National Health Law Program, American Public Health Association, Center for Reproductive Rights, National Women's Law Center,…
- March 17, 2016
Health Advocate: HCBS State Transition Plans & Implementation Updates
David MachledtIn this month's Health Advocate, we assess CMS regulations that define the home and community-based services (HCBS) delivery system…
- March 14, 2016
Q&A The Medicaid Home Health Service Final Rule: Many Helpful Changes
Jane PerkinsThis Q&A summarizes the changes to the Medicaid home health services benefit resulting from regulations finalized in February 2016.…
- March 8, 2016
Class Action Settlement About ALJ Hearing Delays for Medicare Beneficiaries Amended – Fairness Hearing Rescheduled for August 1, 2016
External Source and Andy DiAntonioAn amended notice of proposed settlement of class action and of fairness hearing in the case of Exley v.…
- March 4, 2016
Q&A: Due Process & Medicaid Notice & Hearing Standards
Jane PerkinsMedicaid beneficiaries have constitutional and/or statutory rights when their benefits are denied, reduced, or terminated. This Q&A provides an…
- February 26, 2016
Lessons from CA: Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Finally Get Medi-Cal as Required
Kim Lewis and Andy DiAntonioIn this month's Lessons from California, we highlight successful efforts to get the State to issue guidance requiring youth…
- February 25, 2016
Health Advocate: Medicaid’s EPSDT in Schools versus the Free Care Rule
Sarah SomersIn this month's Health Advocate, we analyze clarifications to the "Free Care Rule," which no longer prevents schools from…
- February 8, 2016
2016 HHS Federal Poverty Guidelines
External Source and Andy DiAntonioUpdated HHS poverty guidelines to account for last calendar year's increase in prices as measured by the Consumer Price…
- February 1, 2016
NHeLP Comments: CMS-Applications to Support Eligibility Determinations for Enrollment Through Health Benefits Exchanges, Medicaid and CHIP
Mara YoudelmanCMS-10440, Data Collection To Support Eligibility Determinations for Insurance Affordability Programs and Enrollment Through Health Benefits Exchanges, Medicaid and…
- January 28, 2016
Lessons from CA: Medi-Cal’s 1115 Waiver Approved until 2020
Kim Lewis and Andy DiAntonioIn this month's Lessons from California, we highlight the new Medi-Cal 2020 waiver. The state got its New Year's…
