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 28, 2015
Verified Petition for Writ of Mandate: Korean Community Center of the East Bay v. Douglas
External Source and Andy DiAntonioPlaintiffs, who are organizations representing the interests of and assist Medi-Cal beneficiaries, including many with limited-English proficiency, seek a…
- August 14, 2015
Managed Care in California Series, Issue 4: Internal Grievances and External Review
Abbi Coursolle and Andy DiAntonioFederal and state law and the state and federal constitutions require that beneficiaries in Medi-Cal managed care plans receive…
- August 12, 2015
Medicaid Expansion State Waiver Chart
Leo Cuello and Andy DiAntonioThis chart shows the major waivers requested and approved in section 1115 demonstrations to implement Medicaid expansion in the…
- August 11, 2015
Model Medicaid Managed Care Contract Provisions: EPSDT Vision and Hearing Services
Jane Perkins, Sarah Somers, and External SourceChildren enrolled in Medicaid are entitled to a comprehensive array of preventive and ameliorative care through the Early and…
- August 5, 2015
State Medicaid Eligibility Policies for Individuals Moving Into and Out of Incarceration
Catherine McKeeConnecting individuals moving into and out of incarceration to health coverage may not only increase their access to care…
- July 30, 2015
Lessons from CA: Ensuring Medi-Cal Plans Provide Durable Medical Equipment
Abbi Coursolle, Kim Lewis, and Andy DiAntonioIn this month's Lessons from California, we highlight the successful efforts by NHeLP and other advocates to ensure that…
- July 30, 2015
Fact Sheet: Selected Supreme Court Access to Court Opinions from the 2014 Term
Jane PerkinsNHeLP analysis of select cases from the past term that focus on access to court issues, statutory construction, Supremacy Clause,…
- July 29, 2015
Issue No. 5 – Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committees
Wayne TurnerIntroduced by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Essential Health Benefits (EHB) are a set of ten health care service…
- July 27, 2015
NHeLP Comments: Proposed Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care Regulations
Andy DiAntonioComments filed on HHS' proposed regulations on Medicaid and CHIP managed care published on June 1, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg.…
- July 24, 2015
Improving Coverage: Using State Law to Maximize Access to Family Planning and Abortion Services
Susan Berke Fogel and Catherine McKeeLaws and policies on coverage and access to family planning and abortion services vary significantly from state to state…
- July 13, 2015
Health Advocate: The ACA and LGBT Health
Wayne TurnerIn this month's Health Advocate, NHeLP examines the issue of health care coverage and some of the important gains…
- June 30, 2015
Lessons From CA: Ensuring Medi-Cal Plans Provide Hepatitis C Treatments
Abbi Coursolle, Kim Lewis, and Andy DiAntonioIn this month's Lessons from California, we highlight the successful efforts by NHeLP and other advocates to ensure that…
- June 30, 2015
NHeLP Comments on Out-of-Pocket (OOP) Cost Comparison Tool for the Federally-Facilitated Marketplaces
Andy DiAntonioNHeLP comments on May 29, 2015 CMS Bulletin on Proposed Out-of-Pocket (OOP) Cost Comparison Tool for the Federally-facilitated Marketplaces (FFMs).…
- June 29, 2015
Health Consumer Alliance Letter to California Department of Health Services
Abbi Coursolle, Kim Lewis, and Andy DiAntonioThe HCA commends DHCS for expanding the utilization policy to increase the number of people living with hepatitis C…
- June 12, 2015
Health Advocate: Medicaid Managed Care: Modernized Federal Regulations Have Finally Been Released
Sarah SomersOn June 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule that overhauls the Medicaid managed…
- May 18, 2015
Health Advocate: Home & Community-Based Services
Elizabeth EdwardsThis month's issue of the Health Advocate offers guidance for advocates and a review of existing state-based transition plans…
