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.
- January 25, 2016
Health Advocate: 2016: Our New Year’s Resolutions
Mara YoudelmanWe're off to a roaring start in 2016 with over 8.5 million individuals enrolled in health insurance through the…
- January 22, 2016
Modified Adjusted Gross Income – MAGI 101
Wayne TurnerThese slides provide an overview of Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) - the methodology used to determine financial eligibility…
- January 20, 2016
Managed Care in California Series, Issue 6: Continuity of Care in Medi-Cal Managed Care
Abbi Coursolle, Shyaam Subramanian, and Andy DiAntonioThere are a number of laws and policies that govern continuity of care for Medi-Cal beneficiaries; some protect access…
- January 20, 2016
Medicaid Access Metrics RFI Response
Abbi Coursolle and Andy DiAntonioThis is NHeLP's response to a Request For Information (RFI) released by HHS to identify metrics for access to…
- January 20, 2016
NHeLP Equal Access Regulation Comments
Abbi Coursolle, Leo Cuello, and Jane PerkinsMedicaid law requires states to make payments to providers that promote quality and equal access to care for Medicaid…
- January 20, 2016
NHeLP Comments: Healthy Ohio Program Section 1115 Demonstration
Leo Cuello and Andy DiAntonioIn comments to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, NHeLP Director of Health Policy Leonardo…
- January 4, 2016
NHeLP Comments: HHS NPRM, Notice of Benefits & Payment Parameters for 2017
Mara YoudelmanNHeLP comments on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2017…
- December 29, 2015
2016 Pickle Amendment Chart
External Source and Andy DiAntonioA Quick and Easy Method of Screening for Medicaid Eligibility under the Pickle Amendment. Courtesy of Gordon Bonnyman, Tennessee…
- December 21, 2015
Lessons from CA: Implementing Treatment for Children with Autism in Medicaid
Abbi Coursolle and Andy DiAntonioIn this month's Lessons from California, we highlight the advocacy of NHeLP and others in the recent efforts to…
- November 30, 2015
Lessons from CA: Medi-Cal Coverage For Former Foster Youth
Kim Lewis and Andy DiAntonioIn this month's Lessons from California, we are thankful for the recent improvements to the Medi-Cal Former Foster Care…
- November 4, 2015
Lessons from CA: Halting the Medi-Cal Application Backlog in Court
Kim Lewis and Andy DiAntonioIn this month's Lessons from California, we highlight California legal advocates' successes in forcing the State to comply with…
- September 29, 2015
Verified Petition for Writ of Mandate Order: Rivera v. Douglas
External Source and Andy DiAntonioHundreds of thousands of low-income people who are eligible for health care benefits have been waiting and suffering without desperately…
- September 29, 2015
Writ of Mandate Order: Rivera v. Douglas
External Source and Andy DiAntonioThe Petition of Petitioners Frances Rivera, Mark Mullin, Ebony Pickett, Groto Ni and Maternal and Child Health Access ("Petitioners") for…
- September 29, 2015
Lessons from CA: Medi-Cal Coverage Expanded for Pregnant Women
Kim Lewis and Andy DiAntonioThis month's Lessons from California highlights recent expansions in Medi-Cal coverage for pregnant women and advocates' efforts to ensure…
- September 10, 2015
Ensuring that Assessment Tools are Available to Enrollees
Jane PerkinsThe amount of Medicaid services for enrollees, particularly home and community based services, is increasingly being determined through prior…
- August 31, 2015
Lessons from CA: Ensuring Due Process in Medi-Cal Renewals & Applications
Andy DiAntonioThis month's Lessons from California highlights unlawful notices of action in Medicaid and successful advocacy to ensure due process…
- August 28, 2015
Motion to Reconsider Denied: Korean Community Center of the East Bay v. Kent
External Source and Andy DiAntonioPlaintiffs, who are organizations representing the interests of and assist Medi-Cal beneficiaries, including many with limited-English proficiency, sought a…
