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.
- October 14, 2014
Health Advocate: EPSDT Screening: Including Sexuality Education in Health Education
Andy DiAntonioUnder Medicaid and some Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP), youth are eligible to receive the Early and Periodic Screening,…
- September 29, 2014
Q&A on the ACA’s Contraceptive Coverage Requirement
Andy DiAntonioThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires many health insurance plans to provide coverage for certain preventive health services, including…
- September 29, 2014
County Organized Health System Medi-Cal Plans
Andy DiAntonioIn certain counties, Medi-Cal managed care is operated by a single County Organized Health System (COHS). In COHS counties,…
- September 25, 2014
NHeLP Matters – September 2014
Andy DiAntonioSummary of the recent accomplishments of NHeLP, including protecting the ability of Tennesseans to access the health care they…
- September 24, 2014
NHeLP Comments to Healthy Indiana Plan Renewal and Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0 Section 1115 Demonstration Applications
Leo Cuello and Jane PerkinsComments to HHS regarding Indiana's HIP and HIP 2.0 section 1115 demonstrations to implement the Medicaid expansion. NHeLP's comments…
- September 19, 2014
Health Advocate: Medicaid Managed Care: Modernized Federal Regulations are Long
Sarah SomersIn 1965, when the Medicaid program was created, American health care bore little resemblance to the complex system we…
- September 17, 2014
Medicaid Managed Care Model Provisions, Issue 4
Mara Youdelman and Elizabeth EdwardsOur new Medicaid Managed Care Model Provisions Series features our set of modernized model federal regulations. Each issue provides…
- September 17, 2014
Medicaid Managed Care Model Provisions, Issue 3
Abbi Coursolle and Andy DiAntonioOur new Medicaid Managed Care Model Provisions Series features our set of modernized model federal regulations. Each issue provides…
- September 17, 2014
Medicaid Managed Care Model Provisions, Issue 2
Andy DiAntonioOur new Medicaid Managed Care Model Provisions Series features our set of modernized model federal regulations. Each issue provides…
- September 10, 2014
Letter to CMS re: Modernization of Medicaid Managed Care Regulations
Andy DiAntonioNHeLP has created a set of moderized Medicaid managed care federal regulations. These revised regulations were shared with the…
- September 3, 2014
Class Certification Order: Wilson v. Gordon (M.D. Tenn)
Andy DiAntonioPlaintiffs bring this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the Defendants, who…
- September 3, 2014
Preliminary Injunction Order: Wilson v. Gordon (M.D. Tenn)
Andy DiAntonioPreliminary injunction order in Wilson v. Gordon (M.D. Tenn). The eleven named Plaintiffs have brought this action under 42 U.S.C.…
- August 29, 2014
Managed Care & Older Adults Series, Issue 1
Andy DiAntonioElderly African Americans and Hispanics are more likely to have lower incomes and poor health status and to live…
- August 29, 2014
Managed Care & Older Adults Series, Issue 2
Andy DiAntonioAs the Medicaid program has evolved to include a greater number of older adults and individuals with disabilities in…
- August 28, 2014
Q&A HCBS – Transition Plan Advocacy: Identifying the Issues
Elizabeth EdwardsThis Q&A resource developed and written by NHeLP is for advocates working on, or considering, comments on State transition…
- August 21, 2014
Recommendations for the Modernization of the Federal Medicaid Regulations
Andy DiAntonioMedicaid managed care has changed significantly over the past decade and includes more vulnerable people who have disabilities, are…
- August 20, 2014
NHeLP and Maine Equal Justice Partners Amicus Brief: Mayhew v. Burwell; First Circuit
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKeeMaine submitted a state plan amendment to CMS to eliminate Medicaid coverage of 19-20 year olds. CMS denied the…
- August 20, 2014
Webinar: Older Adults and Medicaid
David Machledt and Leonardo CuelloThis webinar focused on older adults covering medicaid basics, medicaid categories, long-term services & supplies, medicaid services & costs,…
- August 18, 2014
Health Advocate: Alternative Benefit Plans
Michelle LilienfeldAlternative Benefit Plans (ABPs), formerly known as Medicaid benchmarks, have existed since the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 gave…
