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.
- March 3, 2014
Medicaid Managed Care: Financing
Andy DiAntonioThis Fact Sheet addresses the following topics: choosing a health plan, consumer education, fraudulent and deceptive marketing practices, enrollment…
- March 3, 2014
Medicaid Managed Care: Services
Andy DiAntonioThis Fact Sheet addresses the following topics: choosing a health plan, consumer education, fraudulent and deceptive marketing practices, enrollment…
- March 3, 2014
Medicaid Managed Care: Grievances and Appeals
Andy DiAntonioThis Fact Sheet addresses the following topics: choosing a health plan, consumer education, fraudulent and deceptive marketing practices, enrollment…
- March 3, 2014
Medicaid Managed Care: Enrollment and Education
Andy DiAntonioThis Fact Sheet addresses the following topics: choosing a health plan, consumer education, fraudulent and deceptive marketing practices, enrollment…
- February 28, 2014
Lessons from CA: Eligibility for Former Foster Care Children
National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and Andy DiAntonioThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires states starting in 2014 to provide Medicaid to youth who were in foster…
- February 27, 2014
Overview of CMS Guidance: Application of Estate Recovery and Other §1917 Provisions to MAGI Individuals
Michelle LilienfeldOn February 21st, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a State Medicaid Directors Letter (SMDL)…
- February 20, 2014
Covered California Qualified Health Plan Application for New Entrants and Renewal Application
Andy DiAntonioThe National Health Law Program and the Western Center on Law & Poverty are pleased to present our input…
- February 18, 2014
Health Advocate: Home and Community Based Settings — A Primer
Elizabeth EdwardsThis issue of the Health Advocate provides an overview of Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS). HCBS programs…
- February 11, 2014
Q&A: Home and Community-Based Services-Final Rules
Elizabeth EdwardsQ&A: Home and Community-Based Services-Final RulesMedicaid-funded home and community-based services are critical to community integration for older adults and…
- February 7, 2014
Webinar: The World According To MAGI
Byron Gross and Wayne TurnerAs of January 1, 2014, states must use the new Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) methodology to determine eligibility…
- February 3, 2014
Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008
Elizabeth EdwardsThis issue brief discusses the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) and the final regulations for the…
- January 30, 2014
Continuity of Care in the LIHP Transition
Andy DiAntonioContinuity of Care (?COC?) is critical to the successful transition of Low Income Health Program (LIHP) enrollees into Medi-Cal…
- January 21, 2014
2014: Our New Year’s Resolutions
Leo Cuello, Susan Berke Fogel, Jane Perkins, and Mara YoudelmanSo we're off to a rollicking start in 2014 with over 2.1 million individuals newly enrolled in health insurance…
- January 14, 2014
Medicaid EPSDT Case Docket
Jane PerkinsThe Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment service (EPSDT) is a mandatory Medicaid service for children and youth…
- December 19, 2013
Health Advocate: 2013 Case Round Up – What the Courts Decided This Year
Jane PerkinsNHeLP monthly publication. Volume 20 of the Health Advocate offers NHeLP's annual case round up, highlighting cases that were decided…
- December 13, 2013
NHeLP Matters – December 2013
Andy DiAntonioSummary of the recent accomplishments of NHeLP, including the 24th Annual Health Advocates Conference, Health Reform Implementation and Medicaid…
- December 13, 2013
Health Advocate: Countdown to Open Enrollment 2013
Mara YoudelmanWhen President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law, open enrollment was 3 years,…
- December 13, 2013
Health Advocate: Quality and Accountability: An Introduction for Advocates
David MachledtWhy measure quality? At first blush, assessing health care quality seems self-evident. Ideally, publicly available quality reports increase accountability,…
- December 13, 2013
Health Advocate: NHeLP’s 2013 Resolutions and Expectations
Mara YoudelmanThe ball has dropped, the confetti has been swept up, and the noisemakers packed away until next year. But…
